"Reporters on Friday asked U.S. athletes at a news conference how they feel representing the country during the Trump administration's heighted immigration enforcement actions. Freestyle skier Hunter Hess replied that he had mixed emotions since he doesn't agree with the situation, and that he is in Milan competing on behalf of everyone who helped get him to The Games. "If it aligns with my moral values, I feel like I'm representing it," Hess said."
"Minutes later, he was photographed sitting beside U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the U.S women's hockey game in Olympic host city Milan. Trump said the next day that Hess' comments make it hard to root for him. "Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn't represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics. If that's the case, he shouldn't have tried out for the Team, and it's too bad he's on it," he wrote on his Truth Social account."
U.S. President Donald Trump criticized American Olympian Hunter Hess for saying he does not represent the country, calling him "a real Loser" and saying he should not have made the team. Hess said he had mixed emotions about representing the country during heightened immigration enforcement and that he competes for those who helped him. Jake Paul urged critics to leave the country and was later seen with Vice President J.D. Vance at a U.S. women's hockey game. Other athletes, including Chris Lillis, expressed heartbreak over Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions and concern for rights and respectful treatment.
Read at ABC7 Chicago
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]