Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford says that Canadians should give Wayne Gretzky a break.
The hockey legend has been criticized for supporting the president of the United States, Donald Trump, by attending its inauguration in January and visiting it several times in recent months in Mar-A-Lago in Florida.
Gretzky also attended an electoral victory party for Trump last November and Sporting was seen to America Great Again Hat Again.
While describing Ontario’s response to Trump’s strong tariffs about Canadian goods, Ford took a time to defend Gretzky as a patriot who loves his homeland.
Ford says he recently spoke with Gretzky, who was “everything drowned.”
Janet Gretzky also defended her husband, saying that “bad” comments on her support for Trump have broken her heart.
Look at the patriotism of the Gretzky questioned after the 4 final nations:
Some question the Canadian patriotism of Wayne Gretzky after it seemed to support the American team in the final of the confrontation of the 4 nations, despite serving as an honorary captain of the Canada team. The Great Hockey ties with the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who openly wants to Annexar Canada, has also asked questions about his loyalty.
Trump imposed 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods on Tuesday and a 10 percent energy gravation, which caused a commercial war when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded with the retaliation rates of Canada.
Trump’s tariff threats have triggered a wave of patriotism throughout Canada that includes fans to boo the US national anthem. In sporting events such as hockey games.
The controversy followed Gretzky in his role as Honorary Captain of the Canada team in the confrontation of the four nations in February.
“He is a patriot, he loves Canada,” Ford said Tuesday at a press conference in which he announced a series of reprisal measures against the United States.
“He never resigned from his Canadian passport. So friends, give the boy a break, just give him a break. He loves Canada. He loves him no tomorrow.”
Orr joins Gretzky’s defense
Bobby Orr, another great hockey and Trump supporter, also defended Gretzky recently.
“Listen, we all have our personal beliefs when it comes to things like religion and politics,” Orr wrote in a piece in the Toronto Sun.
“Wayne respects your right to such beliefs: why can’t you respect yours?”
And Trump himself tried to calm the anger of the Canadians to Gretzky, who has not publicly commented on the controversy.
“Wayne and Janet, his wonderful wife, Love Canada, and should only support Canada, and anything else that makes the Canadian people, and Governor Justin Trudeau, happy,” Trump wrote on social networks last week.
“He is everyone’s greatest Canadian, and therefore I am becoming a” free agent “, because I don’t want anyone in Canada to say anything bad about him. He supports Canada in the way he is, as he should, although it is not as good as it could be as part of the largest and most powerful country in the world, the good ‘United States!”
Look L Why Trump is doing damage to Gretzky?
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, arrived at Wayne Gretzky’s defense after the Canadian hockey legend was criticized for his association with Trump, who continues to threaten Canada to turn him into “State 51”. Andrew Chang breaks down the consequences of the appearance of Gretzky in the recent 4 NHL nations tournament that led to Trump’s support sample. (Additional credits: 3:38: Bloomberg Quicktake/YouTube; 3:39: C-Span)
