Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky was once the hometown hero of Brantford, Ontario, but his allegiance to President Donald Trump amid a bitter tariff conflict has forced many Canadians to turn on him.
The longstanding alliance between Canada and the United States has crumbled under Trump’s administration in light of reciprocal tariffs against America’s partners in the North.
The relationship was already fragile when Trump began touting threats of making Canada the US’s ’51st state’ and revealing that he wanted Gretzky to serve as the ‘governor.’
The plans haven’t gone down well with Canadians, and Gretzky’s hometown is already feeling the effects of Trump’s tariffs.
Graeme Roustan, a Canadian American businessman and owner of…