New prime minister Justin Trudeau touches down with his wife and three children

 
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'Having a little more of an awareness of what's going on in the rest of the world, I think is, is what many Canadians would hope for Americans,' -Trudeau

  
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Justin Trudeau - Canadian Prime Minister

"Justin, congratulations. You and your family look great. I know Canadians are incredibly inspired by your message of hope and change",'  - Obama


 
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Justin Trudeau, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau and the kids

Trudeau's message of optimism as well as their charisma and good looks has been compared to Obama's 2008 message of 'Hope',
President Obama and Prime minister Justin Tredeau first met in person in the Philippines on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit back in November 2015.



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The Canadian Obama! Trudeau, 44, has been compared favorably to the US President due to his good looks and optimistic message which harks back to Barack's 2008 campaign

 
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Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau,  president Richard Nixon

Justin Trudeau's father, the late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, remains one of the few Canadian politicians widely known in America. Pierre is pictured here in 1971 meeting then U.S. president Richard Nixon at The White House

    

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Flashback: President Ronald Reagan, right, and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau stand for photographers in the White House Rose Garden April 29, 1983

         

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The real star of the day Hadrien - The youngest Trudeau appeared to have slight trouble paying attention during all the pomp, with his father having a quiet word with him

 
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Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau (left) with US president, Barack Obama. The visit is seen as an important moment for Trudeau to break with the record of his Conservative predecessor. Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP 
 'I just want to point out that I had no gray hair when I was in your shoes seven years ago. And so if you don't want to gray like me, you need to start dying it soon, because it gets too late.' - Obama