Trump to rally Team USA with phone call before 4 Nations final, teases Canada with 51st state remark

Team USA 4 Nations Face-Off GM Bill Guerin joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the United States clinching a spot in the championship game of the tournament by beating Canada in a heated game. 

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he would call the U.S. men’s hockey team ahead of their 4 Nations Face-Off final against Canada in a rematch of their heated game over the weekend.

Bill Guerin, the general manager for the U.S. 4 Nations team, invited Trump to come to Boston for the final against Canada in an interview on Fox News Channel’s "America’s Newsroom." 

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On Truth Social, the busy president wrote he would give the team a ring and teased Canada again.

"I’ll be calling our GREAT American Hockey Team this morning to spur them on towards victory tonight against Canada, which with FAR LOWER TAXES AND MUCH STRONGER SECURITY, will someday, maybe soon, become our cherished, and very important, Fifty First State," he wrote. 

Trump added he would not be able to attend the game.

"I will be speaking before the Governors tonight in D.C., and will sadly, therefore, be unable to attend. But we will all be watching, and if Governor Trudeau would like to join us, he would be most welcome. Good luck to everybody, and have a GREAT game tonight. So exciting!"

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