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

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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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Donald Trump shakes hands with former NHL Star Wayne Gretzky before leaving The Barclays at Plainfield Country Club in Edison, N.J.  (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"I was with Wayne Gretzky. I said, 'Wayne, would you like to be the governor of Canada?’ I can't imagine anybody doing better than Wayne," Trump said at Mar-a-Lago Thursday. 

"Wayne was not too interested. But he probably would have liked statehood," Trump said. "He's a friend of mine. He's a great guy. He's the great one. We call him the great one, right? He's a great hockey player."

Gretzky attended a victory party for Trump's 2024 election win after Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris.

Wayne Gretzky reacts on the second hole during the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach pro-am at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, Calif., Feb. 8, 2020. (Michael Madrid/USA Today Sports)

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Gretzky's son-in-law, Dustin Johnson, plays on the LIV Golf tour, which has played tournaments at Trump's golf courses.

Trump said Canada should be a state during a news conference Tuesday in Palm Beach. On Monday, the