President-elect Trump says he asked Wayne Gretzky to become 'governor of Canada'

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 a push to make the neighbor to the north the United States’ 51st state.

Trudeau said there was not a "snowball's chance in hell" that would ever happen, but if it does, Trump says he recruited Wayne Gretzky to be its "governor."

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"I was with Wayne Gretzky.