Trump suggested hockey player Gretzky run for Canadian prime minister

Newly elected U.S. President-elect Republican Donald Trump said that in a conversation with former Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky offered him to run for the post of Prime Minister of Canada. The future head of state said this on December 25 on his page in the social network Truth Social.

"I said: "Wayne, why don't you run for the post of Prime Minister of Canada, which will soon be known as the Governor of Canada? You'll win easily, you won't even have to campaign,'" Trump wrote.

According to him, Gretzky was not interested in the idea.

As Business Insider writes, the president-elect's support for Gretzky, who is a citizen of both the United States and Canada, comes amid the fact that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may be on the verge of losing power.

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Earlier on Dec. 3, Trump said during a meeting with Trudeau that the country could become the 51st state of the United States if Ottawa fails to address illegal migration and drug smuggling.

Wayne Douglas Gretzky is a former Canadian forward. His athletic career spanned 21 years. In the NHL, he set 61 records and repeatedly won individual league prizes, for which he earned the nickname The Great One. He played for teams such as the Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers. He won the Stanley Cup four times with the Edmonton Oilers.

The most important of Gretzky's achievements are the records for the number of pucks scored and points scored in regular NHL championships. He has a total of 894 goals and 2,857 points.