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Nixon Predicted Trudeau Win 43 Years Ago

BEYOND THE GRAVE

Called it back in 1972.

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While Justin Trudeau stunned many with his victory as new Canadian prime minister, one long-deceased public figure knew all along that he would one day win: Richard Nixon. According to The Guardian, Nixon toasted a four-month-old Trudeau—son of then-PM Pierre Trudeau—as “the future prime minister of Canada” during a 1972 state visit to Ottawa. He turned out to be correct, 43 years later.

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