Barack Obama endorses Justin Trudeau for second term as Prime Minister

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received a ringing re-election endorsement from former President Barack Obama on Wednesday.

“I was proud to work with Justin Trudeau as President. He's a hard-working, effective leader who takes on big issues like climate change. The world needs his progressive leadership now, and I hope our neighbors to the north support him for another term,” said Obama in a tweet sent Wednesday.

I was proud to work with Justin Trudeau as President. He's a hard-working, effective leader who takes on big issues like climate change. The world needs his progressive leadership now, and I hope our neighbors to the north support him for another term.

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 16, 2019

Shortly after the tweet, a spokesperson for US President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign called it “foreign election interference.”

However, Elections Canada has since confirmed the tweet would not be considered foreign interference under the current elections laws, so long as it was not paid for or the person making it did not receive any form of payment.

And the Trump campaign quickly responds to Obama’s endorsement of Trudeau #cdnpoli #elxn43 pic.twitter.com/v4v5psd2wE

— Richard Madan (@RichardMadan) October 16, 2019

In 2016, Trudeau became the first Canadian Prime Minister to attend a dinner courtesy of the American President in nearly two decades when he and wife Sophie were invited to a U.S. state dinner.

The tweet comes with Trudeau and Conservative leader Andrew Scheer still very close in the polls, according to 338Canada.

As of Tuesday, Oct. 15, with the Tories are predicted to have a 50.4% chance of winning the most seats in Canada and the Liberals a 49% chance.