TEAM USA HOCKEY
Trump Honors Gold Medalists at SOTU
… And Awards Medal of Freedom!!!
Revealed
The White Home
President Donald Trump simply launched the U.S. males’s hockey crew as his particular friends on the State of the Union deal with on Tuesday — exhibiting the gold medal winners grinning from ear-to-ear.
They had been honored for about 5 minutes stuffed with applause, cheers and U-S-A chants that rang all through the Capital constructing. Trump congratulated them — and famous it was the primary time he noticed Democrats rise from their seats.
“Here with us tonight is a group of winners who just made the entire nation proud,” he mentioned because the crew entered the Home chamber.
Trump additionally congratulated the U.S. ladies’s crew for its gold medal … saying they “soon will be coming to the White House.”
He then took a second to single out goalie Connor Hellebuyck — who he says the crew nominated to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
“Think of it 46 shots on goal — and I ask him, ‘The one shot where you put your stick in the back and it bounced off, did you practice that? Or was it a little lucky?’” Trump mentioned, playfully noting that Hellebuyck refused to reply the query.
POTUS made the promise simply minutes after the Crimson, White and Blue gained the extra time thriller over Canada on Sunday … telling the blokes he’d like to have them expertise his speech in particular person, whereas additionally joking he needed to invite the gold medal-winning ladies’s crew too, or he’d be impeached.
There was some controversy round Group USA fanboying over Trump … however as Olympic hero Jack Hughes put it, their focus is on patriotism, not politics.
🚨BREAKING: Reporter ask Group USA hockey star Jack Hughes “Are you excited to go to the White House to meet Trump?”
“Yeah we’re excited!”
“Everything is so political. We’re athletes, we’re proud to represent the US. And when you get the chance to go the White House to meet the… pic.twitter.com/VHP3LJzbWY
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The backlash did not derail the squad from their festivities … which included a visit to E11EVEN in Miami earlier than hopping on an Air Power jet to get to the White Home for a tour.
The gang even had some one-on-one time with Trump within the Oval Workplace … however a number of gamers opted out of the journey altogether.
Now that Trump’s SOTU speech is within the books … it is time for these Olympic superstars to get again to their day jobs within the NHL.
