President-elect Donald Trump has floated the idea of ice hockey pro Wayne Gretzky running to be the leader of Canada in the future. The incoming Republican president said that Gretzky would make an excellent prime minister, "soon to be the governor," in reference to Trump's repeated suggestion that Canada become a U.S. state.

In a Christmas Day message, past and future president Donald Trump said he urged Wayne Gretzky to run for prime minister of Canada. Trump wrote on Truth Social that he talked with the legendary hockey player and Canadian icon,