Twitter erupted with satire on Saturday afternoon, mocking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after he described Fidel Castro as a “larger than life leader who served his people for almost half a century” in a statement following Castro’s death. Trudeau’s statement released early Saturday also said Castro made “significant improvements to the education and healthcare of his island nation” — without mentioning Cuba’s economic stagnation under his watch, or the waves of citizens trying to flee over the years, or the political oppression that led Human Rights Watch to call his regime the worst abuser of rights in Latin America. Word of the controversial statement quickly gained traction on Twitter, and began trending on Saturday afternoon under the tag #trudeaueulogies, as Twitter users imitated Trudeau and praised historically disliked figures for their understated qualities:

Source: thestar November 26, 2016 19:27 UTC