After Justin Trudeau announced his plan to resign as Canada’s prime minister, President-elect Trump had a plan for his successor.
After Trudeau’s decision, Trump has continued to push to make the northern neighbor the 51st state of the United States.
Trudeau said there was no “snowball’s chance in hell” it would ever happen, but if it does, Trump says he recruited Wayne Gretzky to be his “governor.”
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Donald Trump shakes hands with former NHL star Wayne Gretzky before leaving The Barclays at Plainfield Country Club in Edison, New Jersey. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“I was with Wayne Gretzky. I said, ‘Wayne, would you like to be governor of Canada?’ “I can’t imagine anyone doing it better than Wayne,” Trump said at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday.
“Wayne wasn’t too interested. But he probably would have liked statehood,” Trump said. “He’s a friend of mine. He’s a great guy. He’s the great. We call him the great, right? He’s a great hockey player.”
Gretzky attended a Trump 2024 election victory party after Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris.
Wayne Gretzky reacts on the second hole during the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California, on February 8, 2020. (Michael Madrid/USA Today Sports)
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Gretzky’s son-in-law, Dustin Johnson, plays on the LIV Golf Tour, which has played tournaments at Trump’s golf courses.
Trump said Canada should be a state during a news conference Tuesday in Palm Beach. On Monday, the president-elect said in a social media post that “many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st state.”
“Together, what a great Nation we would be!!!” Trump exclaimed in his publication on social networks.
Trudeau announced he intends to resign as party leader and prime minister after pressure grew within his own Liberal Party amid growing criticism over his handling of the economy and Trump’s threats. He said he will resign once the party selects a new leader.
Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers, right, shakes hands with Greg Gilbert (17) of the New York Islanders after the Islanders defeated the Oilers in Game 4 of the 1983 Stanley Cup Finals on the 17th May 1983, at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. (Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images)
Trudeau, who led the nation for nearly a decade, has been dealing for months with significant drops in their approval ratings by growing frustration related to issues such as the rising cost of living and rising inflation.
