Donald Trump is offering Canadians a reduction of 'more than 60%' in taxes if their government joins America as its 51st state

In a Christmas Day message, past and future president Donald Trump said he urged Wayne Gretzky to run for prime minister of Canada. Trump wrote on Truth Social that he talked with the legendary hockey player and Canadian icon,

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.

Trump named Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera as his choice for the post after suggesting that the US should take control of the Panama Canal – a proposal he first floated over the weekend while claiming that Panama is “ripping off” American ships that pass through the waterway.

Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision.

Panama President Jose Raul Mulino said China has no stake in the Panama Canal and US warships pay the same toll rates as other nations, pushing back against Donald Trump’s threats over the key waterway.