After beforehand referring to Wayne Gretzky because the “governor of Canada,” President Donald Trump has declared the NHL legend a “free agent.”
Justin Trudeau introduced his plan to resign as Canada’s prime minister earlier this yr, prompting Trump to ask Gretzky if he wished to be the nation’s “governor” after Trump referred to as for Canada to turn into the “51st state.”
Nevertheless, Trump stated in a Reality Social publish Wednesday his “buddy” is “considerably ‘low key’ about Canada remaining a separate Nation, relatively than changing into a cherished and exquisite 51st State.”
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Wayne Gretzky arrives for the inauguration ceremony earlier than Donald Trump is sworn in because the forty seventh U.S. President within the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool through Imagn Pictures)
So, “The Nice One” is now available on the market.
“Wayne Gretzky is a unbelievable man! They name him, ‘The Nice One,’ and he’s. He may run for any political workplace in Canada, and win. Wayne is my buddy, and he needs to make me pleased, and is subsequently considerably ‘low key’ about Canada remaining a separate Nation, relatively than changing into a cherished and exquisite 51st State, paying a lot Decrease Taxes, a Free and Highly effective Army, NO TARIFFS, and having a Booming Financial system,” Trump wrote on Wednesday.Â
“Wayne and Janet, his great spouse, love Canada, and they need to solely assist Canada, and no matter else makes the Canadian Individuals, and Governor Justin Trudeau, pleased. He’s the Best Canadian of all of them, and I’m subsequently making him a ‘free agent,’ as a result of I don’t need anybody in Canada to say something dangerous about him.Â
“He helps Canada the best way it’s, as he ought to, despite the fact that it’s not practically pretty much as good because it could possibly be as a part of the Best and Most Highly effective Nation within the World, the Good Ole’ U.S.A.!”
Donald Trump shakes arms with former NHL Star Wayne Gretzky earlier than leaving The Barclays at Plainfield Nation Membership in Edison, N.J. (Wealthy Graessle/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures)
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Whereas talking to reporters at Mar-a-Lago final month, Trump stated Gretzky was “not too ” in changing into Canada’s “governor,” however “he most likely would have appreciated statehood.”
Gretzky attended a victory celebration for Trump’s 2024 election win after Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris. Gretzky was noticed carrying a MAGA hat shortly afterward and attended Trump’s inauguration.
Wayne Gretzky reacts on the second gap in the course of the third spherical of the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am at Pebble Seashore Golf Hyperlinks in Pebble Seashore, Calif., Feb. 8, 2020. (Michael Madrid/USA In the present day Sports activities)
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The NHL’s all-time factors chief was named Canada’s honorary captain for the 4 Nations Face-Off remaining towards the People. Canadian and American followers booed one another’s nationwide anthem in the course of the event resulting from political tensions between the international locations.
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