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.

President-elect Trump expressed his support for former NHL great Wayne Gretzky as prime minister of Canada in a post on social media on Wednesday.