{"id":55096,"date":"2026-05-29T11:37:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T11:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/55096\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T11:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T11:37:40","slug":"trump-remembers-claude-lemieux-as-tremendous-supporter-after-nhl-legends-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/55096\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump remembers Claude Lemieux as \u2018tremendous\u2019 supporter after NHL legend&#8217;s suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump called <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/28\/sports\/police-responded-to-suicide-attempt-at-claude-lemieuxs-family-furniture-store\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">four-time Stanley Cup winner Claude Lemieux<\/a> a \u201ctremendous\u201d supporter in a tribute to the NHL legend after he died by suicide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClaude Lemieux, a true legend of the game, and one of the fiercest competitors hockey has ever seen, has passed away,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social late Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClaude was a friend to the family, and a tremendous \u2018TRUMP\u2019 supporter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claude Lemieux is honored at the Colorado Avalanche 30th anniversary on Dec. 11, 2025.  NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Former Montreal Canadiens player Claude Lemieux holds a torch as he enters the arena before Game 3 of the NHL Eastern Conference on May 25, 2026. Christinne Muschi\/The Canadian Press via AP<\/p>\n<p>Trump gushed over <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/28\/sports\/longtime-nhl-star-claude-lemieuxs-cause-of-death-at-age-60-revealed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lemieux\u2019s achievements<\/a> on the ice \u2013 particularly his four Stanley Cup wins with Montreal, New Jersey and Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClaude will be missed by all who love winning and toughness,\u201d Trump signed off the post, including a MAGA hashtag.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump dedicated a Truth Social post to \u201ctremendous\u201d supporter Claude Lemieux. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/29\/sports\/brendan-lemieux-posts-heartfelt-goodbye-to-dad-claude-after-death\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lemieux<\/a>, 60, was found dead by his adult son in the warehouse of a furniture store owned by his family in Florida at around 3 a.m. Thursday after they became concerned he had not returned hom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Trump called four-time Stanley Cup winner Claude Lemieux a \u201ctremendous\u201d supporter in a tribute to the NHL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[53,3154,182,31798,7657,625,5020,464,897,604],"class_list":["post-55096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anthropic","tag-anthropic","tag-anthropic-claude","tag-claude","tag-claude-lemieux","tag-death","tag-donald-trump","tag-nhl","tag-politics","tag-sports","tag-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}