Trump trolls Canada in Christmas message by claiming ex-hockey star Wayne Gretzky should be PM – or governor
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President-elect says hockey great ‘had no interest, but I think the people of Canada should start a DRAFT WAYNE GRETZKY Movement’. President-elect Donald Trump mocked Canada in his annual Christmas message by suggesting that the Trump-supporting ex-hockey star Wayne Gretzky be a candidate for prime minister “or governor.”.
“I just left Wayne Gretzky, ‘The Great One’ as he is known in Ice Hockey circles,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Christmas Day. “I said, ‘Wayne, why don’t you run for Prime Minister of Canada, soon to be known as the Governor of Canada - You would win easily, you wouldn’t even have to campaign.’”.
Trump added: “He had no interest, but I think the people of Canada should start a DRAFT WAYNE GRETZKY Movement. It would be so much fun to watch!”. Social media erupted after Gretzky and his family were spotted at an election night party for Trump last month. Photos of “The Great One” in a white Make America Great Again hat surfaced from the Mar-a-Lago shindig.
Gretzky, 63, was seen with his wife Janet, his daughter Paulina, and son-in-law Dustin Johnson. Trump has spent the month and a half since the election mocking Canada and Trudeau by referring to the country as the “51st state” and the prime minister as its “governor.”.
The moniker came to life after the election when Trudeau traveled down to Mar-a-Lago in an attempt to dissuade Trump from slapping massive tariffs on the country once he’s in office for a second time. Trump joked during a dinner with the prime minister that Canada simply could join the United States as its 51st state and that Trudeau could stay on as its governor.
