Justin Trudeau cries over death of Canadian rocker

IT’S HARD to imagine Trump or Putin shedding a tear in public. Malcolm Turnbull wouldn’t sob either. So what’s in Justin’s eye?

THERE are few world leaders who would openly sob at a news conference.

A display of emotion is out of the question for the likes of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un, Xi Jinping, Angela Merkel or Theresa May.

Can you imagine Malcolm Turnbull wiping away tears before the cameras?

Once again, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has thrown the rule book out the window, allowing big, juicy tears to roll down his face as he addressed the media following the death of Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie.

“We lost one of the very best of us this morning. Gord was my friend, but Gord was everyone’s friend,” Mr Trudeau began.

The 53-year-old rocker was one of Canada’s most famous songwriters, and he passed away surrounded by family after a two-year battle with brain cancer.

“He loved this country with everything that he had, and not just loved it in a nebulous: ‘Oh, I love Canada’ way. He loved every hidden corner, every story, every aspect of this country that he celebrated his whole life,” he continued, welling up.

“I thought I was going to make it through this but I’m not. It hurts,” Mr Trudeau said, before repeating his statement in his native French.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn’t afraid to show his emotions. Picture: Adrian Wyld

“I thought I was going to make it through this but I’m not. It hurts,” he said. Picture: Supplied

It’s not the first time the charismatic politician has openly cried.

In December last year, tears rolled down his face when he was reunited with a Syrian refugee he’d welcomed to Canada a year prior.

Mr Trudeau made a point to personally welcome the small group of refugees and sponsors as they got off the plane in Toronto, and was filmed handing out winter coats.

He was then reunited with them at a restaurant for a special on Canadian broadcaster CBC, where he listened to them share their stories.

“When I met the Prime Minister, he said two words: ‘Welcome home’,” Syrian-Canadian Vanig Garabedian told a visibly emotional Mr Trudeau.

“So imagine, you are leaving a war zone, leaving your home and you are welcomed by two words. My memories at that moment went back to Syria before the war, our life and happiness there and the horrible moments we went through during the war.

“So I felt that I am proud to be here and now, after one year, I am proud to be Canadian as I always will be proud to be Syrian.”

Fortunately, Mr Trudeau came prepared with a big white hanky.