They met when he was 48 and she was 18. She is the first woman in Canadian history to have been both the wife and the mother of prime ministers. This is the part about which debunkers intentionally mislead readers. A photo of her at the disco was featured on many front pages across Canada. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Kasprak also suggests Margaret would have to sneak away from Pierre, but the premise that Pierre objected is not necessary to the story. Don't forget, Castro was a hero figure for the international Left in the 1970s. Government Data Shows Covid-19 Vaccines have a negative effectiveness of MINUS 425% in Canada, Lawyers Prepare For Nuremberg 2.0 Trials For Covid Perpetrators & Profiteers. Fidel Castro, for his part, was in Cuba during this conception window. 1995 - 2023 by Snopes Media Group Inc. Justin was born December 25, 1971, nine months after Pierre and Margarets honeymoon in British Columbia and long before the couple travelled to Cuba. Their marriage surprised Canada because Pierre had been a lifelong playboy with no wife or children. 1976 Margaret Trudeau with both arms around Fidel Castro still wearing the dress in which they first officially met. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. If an infertile old man wanted to have a family, his wife had to do it the old-fashioned way. The article states that the Trudeaus were visiting an unidentified island in the Caribbean and wanted the press to give them privacy: To be clear: they disclosed all the other locations they visited but asked the press for privacy when they went to the unidentified island. It could not be less compelling. Similarly, AP News and affiliates write headlines such as No, Fidel Castro is not Canada PM Trudeaus father, yet their articles simply recount the improbability of the Diaz-Balart suicide note. They all took photographs together. One doesnt even have to believe any of that, though, as science gives us a rough estimate of when the future leader of Canada was conceived, and history can tell us where Margaret, Pierre, and Castro were during this window of opportunity. Margaret Trudeau said she visited Castroat his hotel before the funeral to welcome him on behalf of the family. Come on. The next issue of Ottawa Citizen Headline News will soon be in your inbox. But then Justin Trudeau improbably grew up to look like this: So what is all this talk about debunking the claim? Fidel Castro: My Life. He altogether avoids the story he claims he disproved and then tries to do a mic drop. (LogOut/ They all come from left-leaning websites who sympathize with Trudeau. Margaret Trudeau and Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba, nine months before Justin was born. If Ted Kennedy met her qualifications as a sexual partner, Castro was bigger, stronger, thinner, handsomer, and more powerful. It is a fact the Trudeaus were in the Caribbean in Spring 1971. He was smart, charming, and funny. Trudeau had difficulty adjusting to her new position. Trudeau graduated in 1969 from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. [1] She married Pierre Trudeau, the 15th prime minister of Canada, in 1971; three years after he became prime minister. Today we might remember Fidel Castro as an old man, but he was one of the most impressive people in the world back then, especially to fellow Marxists like the Trudeaus. Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail confirms that Pierre and Margaret Trudeau became close friends with Fidel Castro. Their marriage surprised Canada because Pierre had been a lifelong playboy with no wife or children. He was full of bravado, confidence, and masculinity and smoked cigars like a baller. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. . It aggressively asserts that: "It is a fact the Trudeaus were in the Caribbean in Spring 1971. He altogether avoids the story he claims he disproved and then tries to do a mic drop. The first couple made a big impression at a local sugaring event, for example, on March 27, and the press (in a testament to the level of scrutiny the prime minister's new wife received) noted that Margaret did not travel with Pierre on an April trip to the Niagara region: For the remainder of April, Pierre was busy with governing, as attested to by logs of the Canadian House of Commons, making unlikely that his work would take the couple anywhere near Havana. 100% of the debunking articles avoid addressing the Caribbean trip altogether. [30] She gave many tell-all interviews to Canadian and American magazines, and appeared in two motion pictures. JT'S Two Dads. He fathered 11 acknowledged children and rumors are he has multiple times that many bastards. Senator Edward Kennedy. The former wife of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, . He brought his wife. The Sinclairs are a leading Illuminati family. Their marriage surprised Canada because Pierre had been a lifelong playboy with no wife or children. Justin Trudeau was born on Christmas day, 1971. And you know why hes in power, she continued, suggestively. He was smart, charming, and funny. Pierre Trudeau was cuckolded by Fidel Castro on one of his many trips to Cuba with his wife Margaret, and Justin is one of Castro's many . My day with Margaret Trudeauthe glamorous former first lady of Canada, 1970s tabloid fixture, and mother of the country's handsome, young . Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Dr. Marty Makary, Facts Now Prove The Govt EXPERTS Spread more Misinformation/Lies than any other source for past three years. The Trudeaus introduced Castro to their children. She had not finished doing drugs or sowing her wild oats. Nobody knows if Pierre objected. He beat the Americans in an armed invasion by personally commanding the battle in a tank. Please try again. This is what you need to know. [16][19], As Pierre Trudeau was a Catholic, she converted to the Catholic Church for their marriage. Each debunker makes a bold claim and then avoids the very story they claim to debunk. Before even leaving the tarmac, both Trudeaus were showing an unusual amount of familiarity with Fidel considering he was a national leader they just allegedly met. There is a long history of The Trudeau family having ties to Fidel Castro dating back to the 1970's. Many have wondered why Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau made, what some consider, over the top remarks about the death of Castro taking into account Castro being a dictator who committed genocide against his own . Sinclair did not recognize him, and she, in fact, thought little of their encounter, but Trudeau was captivated by the carefree "flower child", nearly twenty-nine years younger than he was, and began to pursue her. Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail confirms that Pierre and Margaret Trudeau became close friends with Fidel Castro. Harpers Bazaar. I am very proud that Canada helped facilitate this, we have long, trusted ties, she said. First, Margaret Trudeau, Pierre Trudeau, and Fidel Castro were all notoriously sexually promiscuous. Having recently become Prime Minister, it suited him to get married and demonstrate stability. ", In 1971, the Trudeaus took a second honeymoon in the Caribbean to Barbados and an unidentified nearby island[20] then Tobago, then to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (including both Bequia and St. Vincent) with Pierre taking a side-trip to Trinidad while Margaret stayed in Tobago.[21]. The story clearly got under the skin of someone in Canadian parliament. Justin Trudeau was born on 25 December 1971. 1st leaked video of firefight with Reptilians; what the White Hats are really up to? Justin Trudeau was born on Christmas day, 1971. Her numerous autobiographical books are filled. On his visit, Margaret welcomed the leader at his hotel on behalf of the Trudeaus. Having recently become Prime Minister, it suited him to get married and demonstrate stability. 117.. Margaret Trudeau about Fidel Castro: " oh, what a charmer. They all recite the official 1976 travel dates of Pierre Trudeau as Prime Minister as though that proves they never travelled to or around Cuba on any prior date. Nobody Has Debunked Anything. Preface by TLB Staff. His uncited claim that Justin was born long before the couple travelled to Cuba is just a recitation of the official dates Trudeau visited in his official capacity as prime minister. She smuggled drugs in the Prime Ministers official government luggage. Trudeau was born a little more than nine months after the marriage of his parents and more than four years before Margaret made a much-publicized first trip to Cuba and met Fidel Castro. They met when he was 48 and she was 18. If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is. (These things typically make big news.) Browns so-called investigation altogether missed an obvious Wikipedia article showing the Trudeaus were in the Caribbean in Spring 1971, with citations to the actual reporters covering it. First, MargaretTrudeau, Pierre Trudeau, and Fidel Castro were all notoriously sexually promiscuous. The list goes on. It is a fact they adored Castro. He would be turning 60 when she was barely out of her 20s. [35], When Pierre Trudeau died in 2000, Margaret was at his bedside with their surviving sons Justin and Alexandre. This is what you need to know. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. The theory rested on three unconnected assertions: 1) Margaret Trudeau and Fidel Castro met in 1971 and were close friends ever after, 2) Margaret Trudeau was sexually promiscuous, and 3) Fidel and Justin were similar in appearance. Perhaps that was unfair at the time. According to a 2009 Globe and Mailarticleby Margaret Wente, actress Margot Kidder (Superman, Superman II), classical guitarist Liona Boyd, and actress Kim Cattrall all claimed to have slept with him at some time. I guess you actually cant believe everything that semi-professional agitators post on the internet. There is no reason to think, or evidence to support the notion, that Margaret Trudeau met Castro before 1971, and there is no plausible circumstance during which a meeting between Fidel Castro and Margaret Trudeau could have occurred during the biologically necessary time that accommodates their known public schedules. They all come from left-leaning websites who sympathize with Trudeau. No evidence Castro never travelled to see them in the Caribbean. She smuggled drugs in the Prime Ministers official government luggage. The couple separated in 1977 and divorced in 1984. Nobody knows if Pierre objected. However, this Vancouver-born public figure. Margaret Trudeau was a partier who unquestionably had sex with men while married to Pierre. The record is not immediately clear how much of that happened before the couple was separated, but before she moved out of the house he was entertaining three women downstairs at a time: He often invited two girlfriends to the same event. Trudeau said she fell in love with Cuba on the trip. He had Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer . His uncited claim that Justin was born long before the couple travelled to Cuba is just a recitation of the official dates Trudeau visited in his official capacityas prime minister. TORONTO -- Margaret Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister's estranged wife, said today in her new book that Jack Nicholson was the 'first real rival' to her husband but the actor left her for another woman after a brief, torrid affair. And in so doing, many of those Americans happened to notice that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau really, really looks like late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. As the report goes, Pierre Trudeau and his fianc Margaret Sinclair were both orgiastic "swingers" when they met in 1968. 2023 Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved. They met when he was 48 and she was 18. If ever there were a time to make a baby and have it be born in late December, it would have been then, as hinted at in a Harpers Bazaar profile of Margaret: "Margaret moved into the prime minister's official residence, at 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa, and gave birth to Justin just 10 months after the wedding, on Christmas Day in 1971.". 1976 Margaret Trudeau with both arms around Fidel Castro still wearing the dress in which they first officially met. Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion and encourage all readers to share their views on our articles. you know why he is in power." Trudeau is buried in St-Rmi, about 50 kilometres south of Montreal, but the St-Rmi-de-Napierville Cemetery offers few clues that one of Canada's most historic figures is entombed there, just a few metres from a busy road in rural Quebec. Castro, Fidel. Office of the Prime Minister of Canada. The Ottawa, Out of Office newsletter is your guide to eating and living well in the capital. They got married when he was 53 and she was 23. Trudeau's statement, as well as his family's friendly history with Castro, led to speculation that a much harder truth lay behind his soft words. [30] Since then, she advocated for reducing the social-stigma of mental illnessbipolar disorder in particularwith speaking engagements across North America. It should be noted that Margaret and Pierre Trudeau were secretly wed on March 4th, 1971, and honeymooned until March 8th. Okay, but she was not in Canada. Don't forget, Castro was a hero figure for the international Left in the 1970s. He turned Cuba into the Western worlds first Marxist country. Just got my PhD! [47], In 2013, Trudeau received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Western Ontario in recognition of her work to combat mental illness.[48]. They met when he was 48 and she was 18. There are photographs (see above) comparing Justin Trudeau with a young Fidel Castro, and evidence that Justin Trudeau's mother, Margaret Trudeau, was in Havana, Cuba, nine months before Justin was born. Wright, Robert. Due to his age and lack of previous children, rumors began to spread that Pierre was infertile and that Castro and others were the biological fathers of his children. The 32-year-old Mrs. Trudeau was last reported living with Ottawa businessman Jimmy Johnson who runs a furniture store. Pierre Trudeau was a bachelor before he became Prime Minister in 1968. 26 November 2016. All of the articles debunking story follow the same format. [46], In 2010, she authored Changing My Mind, a book about her personal experience with bipolar disorder. They got married when he was 53 and she was 23. 'I wanted him badly,' she maintained, 'but I didn't need him.'. 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