"Due to the timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments following the Games, the athletes are unable to participate. They were honored to be included and are grateful for the acknowledgment."
"We're winning so much that we really don't know what to do about it. People are asking me, 'Please, Mr. President, we're winning too much! We can't take it anymore! We're not used to winning in our country! Until you came along, we were just always losing.'"
The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics concluded with the U.S. men's hockey team winning gold and subsequently receiving a White House invitation. FBI Director Kash Patel joined the team's locker room celebration, facilitating a speakerphone call with Trump who invited them to the State of the Union address. Trump joked about needing to invite the women's team to avoid impeachment. The women's hockey team declined the invitation, citing academic and professional commitments, though their response included diplomatic language expressing gratitude. During his State of the Union address, Trump announced the women's team would visit the White House, contradicting their stated unavailability.
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