OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau once considered quitting politics long before Monday.
On the day he announced his coming resignation, Trudeau wrote his own first draft of history. He told the nation he is a fighter who never backs away from a fight — that he wouldn’t be stepping down if it weren’t for his internal caucus struggles that eclipsed his ability to stay on.
In fact, in early 2023, months before Trudeau publicly revealed his separation from his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, the prime minister seriously weighed leaving office, the Star has learned.
