Nicely, that’s crappy.
A stinky-handed vandal smeared feces on a Wayne Gretzky statue in Canada after the hockey nice garnered ire for sustaining his shut friendship with the nation’s latest enemy, President Trump.
The statue of the previous Edmonton Oilers nice, which stands exterior the group’s house area of Roger’s Place in Edmonton, emitted a noticeable stench Friday morning as staff wiped away the disturbing fecal matter from the bronze model of Gretzky’s face.
The poop-slinger stays at giant, and whereas it’s unclear if his motives are politically pushed, the disgusting vandalism comes as Gretzky has been criticized for his continued assist of the US President.
The four-time Stanley Cup winner, who first endorsed Trump throughout his 2020 marketing campaign, attended Trump’s January inauguration sporting the Republican’s crimson “Make America Great Again” hat.
He’s continued to face by Trump as the remainder of Canada turns in opposition to the US amid the continuing tariff tensions.
Trump has additionally voiced his fondness for Gretzky, saying in a January speech he would appoint the so-called “Great One” the governor of Canada if the US have been to make its northern neighbor the 51st state — a repeated objective of Trump’s that has additional fueled the US-Canada rift.
Gretzky was even booed when he appeared at a televised Canada-US hockey sport earlier this month, and a web-based petition to rename Wayne Gretzky Drive in Edmonton has gained 13,600 signatures.
Gretzky started his prolific NHL profession with the Oilers and performed for the Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers, retiring after the 1998-99 season.
