Canada's Trudeau Shows His Communist Side Praising Castro

By Douglas V. Gibbs
Author, Speaker, Instructor, Radio Host

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is considered to be a very soft and handsome guy - the kind that only a hipster or metrosexual could appreciate.  That's about where the list of good things about him ends.  He's a socialist, and an Islamic sympathizer.  Don't believe me?  His tribute complimenting Fidel Castro as "remarkable" and a "larger than life leader who served his people" pretty much spells out that calling him a socialist is an understatement.

Trudeau's comments have drawn expected criticism and derision.

Only a communist puke like Trudeau (or should I write "Turdeau" like Anita from Canada likes to put?) could be so far to the left that he doesn't see any problem the late Fidel Castro's human rights abuses and record of political oppression.

Trudeau's idiocy, however, has been great for jokes and parody, spawning a litany of parody tributes that have been dubbed with the hashtag #TrudeauEulogies.

In his statement, Trudeau expressed "deep sorrow" after learning of "the death of Cuba's longest serving president."

"Fidel Castro was a larger than life leader who served his people for almost half a century. A legendary revolutionary and orator, Mr. Castro made significant improvements to the education and healthcare of his island nation."

"While a controversial figure, both Mr. Castro's supporters and detractors recognized his tremendous dedication and love for the Cuban people who had a deep and lasting affection for 'el Comandante'."

Trudeau added that his late father, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau "was very proud to call him a friend."  Castro had been an honorary pallbearer at his father's funeral.

But Trudeau didn't stop there.  Oh, hell no.  He finished with a fabulatory double twist with a half flip: "We join the people of Cuba today in mourning the loss of this remarkable leader."

Talk about sticking the landing!

The prime minister's statement had Senator Marco Rubio asking: Is this real?

"If this is a real statement from the PM of Canada it is shameful & embarrassing," tweeted the U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate of Cuban heritage.

U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who fled Cuba with her family when she was 8 and became the first American of Cuban birth elected to Congress, was not impressed with Trudeau either.

She said, "I've been reading his sickening love letter to dead Fidel Castro and I'm thinking, 'Sure, you did not lose a loved one to an execution squad. You did not lose a loved one to the gulags in Cuba.'"

"The only thing that Fidel has been successful in, has not been health nor education, or human rights or democracy, it's been holding onto power -- which is easy to do when you don't have elections," she continued.

Senator Ted Cruz, also a former presidential candidate like Rubio, whose father was born and raised in Cuba, called Trudeau's tribute "disgraceful."

Disgraceful. Why do young socialists idolize totalitarian tyrants? Castro, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot -- all evil, torturing murderers. #truthhttps://twitter.com/canadianpm/status/802492634854031360 …
1:11 PM - 26 Nov 2016

The parody-style mocking especially hit the target in showing how disgraceful the Canadian Prime Minister's love-letter to Castro truly was:

• #trudeaueulogies “Today we say goodbye to Mr. Mussolini, the former Italian prime minister best known for his competent train-management.”  6:21 AM - 26 Nov 2016

Another person tweeted an image of a dark North Korea contrasted with a brightly lit South Korea and wrote: "Kim Jong il will always be remembered fondly for his leadership and contributions on climate change."

• Kim Jong il will always be remembered fondly for his leadership and contributions on climate change. #trudeaueulogies  11:13 AM - 26 Nov 2016

And Joseph Stalin really helped with "eradication of obesity in Ukraine," another chimed in.

• "Mr. Stalin's greatest achievement was his eradication of obesity in the Ukraine through innovative agricultural reforms." #TrudeauEulogies  10:47 AM - 26 Nov 2016

Spoof Trudeau eulogies also poured in for Montgomery Burns, Darth Vader and the Joker.

• "While controversial, Mr. Burns will be remembered for his fight against childhood obesity." #trudeaueulogies #trudeaueulogy  3:20 PM - 26 Nov 2016

• "While controversial, Darth Vader achieved great heights in space construction & played a formative role in his son's life" #trudeaueulogies  10:01 AM - 26 Nov 2016

• I extend my heartfelt sympathies to the family of The Joker, a revolutionary who always had a smile on his face. #trudeaueulogies  3:55 PM - 26 Nov 2016

In sort of related news, Canada now has its first television hijab wearing Muslim news anchor.

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary