To which future world leader did First Lady Pat Nixon give a Snoopy stuffed animal in 1972?
- Rishi Sunak.
- Boris Johnson.
- Kim Jong-un
- Justin Trudeau.
The answer is Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The American first lady gave the infant Justin the Snoopy on Nixon state visit to Canada in 1972, when Justin’s father, Pierre, was Canadian prime minister.
Margaret Trudeau, Pat Nixon, and Justin Trudeau in Ottawa, Canada 1972
Justin’s mother, Margaret, then only twenty-three, was still in her ingenue stage. She went on to become one of the most talked-about jet-setters of the Studio 54 era, which is how Andy Warhol learned of the story. Per Andy Warhol’s Exposures, President Richard Nixon groused to Margaret, “I understand my wife gave your child Justin a Snoopy as a gift. She made a mistake. She should have given him a panda bear.”
In the years since Margaret's son Justin became prime minister of Canada, rumormongers have insinuated that Justin's biological father was Fidel Castro. It is true that Margaret visited Cuba in 1976, and she has danced around the nature of her friendship with the Cuban leader. Given that Justin born in 1971 and Margaret visited Cuba in 1976, however, it is chronologically impossible for Castro to be Justin Trudeau's father. Alas, conspiracy theorists rarely take "chronologically impossible" for an definitive answer.
In the years since Margaret's son Justin became prime minister of Canada, rumormongers have insinuated that Justin's biological father was Fidel Castro. It is true that Margaret visited Cuba in 1976, and she has danced around the nature of her friendship with the Cuban leader. Given that Justin born in 1971 and Margaret visited Cuba in 1976, however, it is chronologically impossible for Castro to be Justin Trudeau's father. Alas, conspiracy theorists rarely take "chronologically impossible" for an definitive answer.
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