Trump made a fuss about hockey in North America, passing off Russian stars for Canadians

Canadian Prime Minister Carney visited the White House on May 6 to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, who once talked about ice hockey, which is quite popular in the United States and Canada, but suspected that he had thrown the wrong bag and mistaken the Russian star for a Canadian.

Trump (right) meets Carney (left)

When Trump and Carney were asked what kind of concessions he would most like Canada to make, Trump replied: "Concessions? Friendship bar. The reporter then said: "This is not a concession. ”

Trump was speechless, then began to say, "I just want to be friends with Canada, and we'll be friends with Canada anyway." "Canada is a very special place for me, I know a lot of people who live in Canada, and my parents also have relatives living in Canada, especially my mother."

Mr. Trump said he loved Canada

"I love Canada, I have a lot of respect for Canadians, Wayne Gretzky — Great One, but you have a very, very good player playing for Washington Capitals, he's tall, he's strong, he's just breaking records, he's a great guy," Trump said. We've hosted this team before, so we've got to know a lot of players, and Canada is a special place. ”

Although Trump did not name him, he was referring to the player in Washington's capital who broke Gresky's recordOverkin(Alexander Ovechkin), who had earlier broken the NHL regular-season scoring record held by Gresky with 897 points.

Offkin is an NHL legend from Russia

howeverOverkinBorn in Moscow during the Soviet era, he became the "top pick" in the NHL draft in 2004, joined the Washington capital for 21 years, and has represented Russia in international competitions and Winter Olympics for many years, Trump seems to have misunderstood his nationality.