OH JUSTIN, YOU DAMNED FOOL – AT 11:16 A.M.   The boy prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, is in serious hot water over his adolescent-level praise of Fidel Castro.   He deserves the heat, and has revealed himself as the amateur that he is.  From CBC:

The prime minister is facing criticism for his statement expressing "deep sorrow" about the death of the controversial former Cuban president Fidel Castro.

Justin Trudeau posted a written statement early Saturday after the late-night announcement that Castro had died at the age of 90.

Trudeau remembered the late president as a "legendary revolutionary and orator," and said he was a good friend of his father's.

But others in Canada were less generous in their description of the controversial leader.

Opposition leader Rona Ambrose said in a written statement that under Castro's rule, thousands of people were impoverished, imprisoned and executed.

"My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Cuba who continue to endure his long and oppressive regime, even after his death," she wrote.

And...

And many people — particularly members of the Conservative Party — are condemning the prime minister's statement, pointing out human rights violations during Castro's half-century regime.

Conservative leadership hopeful Lisa Raitt wrote on Facebook that Trudeau should be ashamed of himself after his remarks.

"With those words, Justin Trudeau has placed himself on the wrong side of history — against the millions of Cubans yearning for freedom. The Prime Minister should be ashamed of himself. He must retract this statement and apologize," she wrote.

COMMENT:  Trudeau, like Obama, tried to present himself as a kind of modern pragmatist during his election campaign, but eventually the truth comes out.  He is the son of hard-partying Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, anti-American and pro-Castro, and I don't think the apple has fallen far from the tree.

November 27,  2016