Obama endorses Trudeau in unprecedented move
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Canada’s Liberal leader Justin Trudeau spoke during a campaign stop at the Botanical Garden in Montreal today.
TORONTO >> Barack Obama is urging Canadians to reelect Prime Minster Justin Trudeau, an apparently unprecedented endorsement of a candidate in a Canadian election by a former American president.
Obama tweeted today that he was proud to work with Trudeau and described him as a hard-working, effective leader who takes on big issues like climate change.
Obama says the “world needs his progressive leadership now, and I hope our neighbors to the north support him for another term.”
I was proud to work with Justin Trudeau as President. He's a hard-working, effective leader who takes on big issues like climate change. The world needs his progressive leadership now, and I hope our neighbors to the north support him for another term.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 16, 2019
Trudeau is in a tough re-election fight ahead of Monday’s parliamentary elections.
University of Toronto history professor Robert Bothwell says an endorsement of candidate in a Canadian election by a former U.S. president has never happened before.
