The whispers regarding the alleged connection between Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, and the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro have resurfaced, this time in the latest book by former U.S. President Donald Trump.
Despite the fact that fact-checkers have repeatedly debunked the notion that Trudeau is the offspring of the deceased revolutionary leader, and both governments have categorically denied the link, Trump has chosen to reiterate the myth in his new book, 'Save America'.
According to the Daily Mail, Trump delves into the subject, recounting anecdotes and shedding light on his relationship with the Canadian premier while exploring the scandalous rumors surrounding Margaret Trudeau's relationships in the 1970s. The scrutiny of her alleged association with Castro during her divorce proceedings in 2016 was widely debunked by 2018, making Trump's 2024 revival of the rumor rather peculiar.
Justin Trudeau is the son of the late former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and activist Margaret Sinclair. Born in 1971, his parents divorced when he was 13 years old, during his father's final months in office. Margaret Trudeau confessed in her 1982 book, 'Consequences,' that she had affairs with actors Jack Nicholson and Ryan O'Neal, and singer Lou Rawls as her marriage crumbled. Her public persona led to associations with members of the Rolling Stones, top US government officials, and even Fidel Castro.
The alleged relationship with Castro became the subject of a conspiracy theory following Castro's death in 2016, with some pointing to physical similarities between the two leaders. Trudeau faced backlash when he praised the controversial leader as a 'larger than life legendary revolutionary' following his death. The conspiracy theory gained momentum when Castro's eldest son, Fidelito, committed suicide in 2018, and several outlets reported that he had left a note referring to Trudeau as his half-brother.
Photos from 1976 show Fidel Castro holding Justin Trudeau as the Canadian Prime Minister and his wife landed in Havana on a historic visit, becoming the first NATO leader to set foot in Castro's Cuba. The leaders reportedly developed a close bond in the years that followed. However, there is no evidence to suggest that Margaret or her husband had met Castro before Justin was born.
Despite the lack of evidence, Trump has chosen to entertain the rumors in his new book. He wrote, "His mother was beautiful and wild. In the 1970s, she would go 'clubbing' with the Rolling Stones, but she was also somehow associated with Fidel Castro. She said he was 'the sexiest man I've ever met,' and a lot of people say that Justin is his son. He swears that he isn't, but how the hell would he know! Castro had good hair, the 'father' didn't, Justin has good hair, and has become a Communist just like Castro."
Following Castro's death, such rumors led the Canadian and Cuban governments to issue denials. Fact-checkers supported their claims. The Associated Press was among those debunking the theory, noting that Trudeau was born around four years before Margaret made her first trip to Cuba.
Margaret's relationships with other political leaders, entertainers, and celebrities have also been a source of curiosity over the decades, guided by her own admissions of affairs during her relationship with Pierre. In May 1977, rumors that their marriage had fractured erupted after Margaret was spotted partying with the Rolling Stones until the early hours of the morning.
Reflecting on the incident to Harper's Bazaar in 2016, Margaret explained that she and Pierre had already been separated in secret when the wild night out occurred. The couple announced that they were divorcing soon after, with Pierre stating at the time that Margaret 'wished to leave the marriage and pursue an independent career.'
Despite the rumors, any intimate relationship with the Rolling Stones has been dismissed. "It's really embarrassing. It just isn't true, ya know?" Stones frontman Mick Jagger said at the time. Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham also noted in her own memoirs that Margaret denied having affairs with any of the Rolling Stones.
Margaret Trudeau reflected on her marriage to Pierre Trudeau, explaining the real reasons behind their split. "I was hardly a woman, in my early 20s," she said. "He was a very urbane, sophisticated intellectual in his early 50s. I was fresh out of university. I was a flower child. I was very free-thinking for my time. I had been raised to be very liberated... But once he married me and got me home and I was having his children, I realized that I had been put in a birdcage."
The pair agreed to separate in 1977 and divorced in 1984, when Trudeau was barely a teenager. Margaret has been candid about her relationships with various celebrities as she became a public persona and socialite in her own right. However, rumors about her alleged relationship with Fidel Castro, and claims he fathered the incumbent Canadian Prime Minister, remain wholly unfounded.
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