President Trump praised Team USA as the Winter Olympics concluded Sunday.
Just over 30 minutes after the U.S. men’s hockey team knocked off Canada in the gold medal game, the president wrote on his Truth Social platform, “LOTS OF WINNING!!!”
Later Sunday afternoon, Trump touted the U.S. winning 12 gold medals, the most ever for the Americans at the Winter Games.
“The most Gold Medals ever won by Team USA at the Olympics!” the president wrote on Truth Social. On Sunday evening, he added, “We’re Winning too much, it’s just not fair!”
The U.S. finished the Olympics, held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, with 33 medals total — second-most behind Norway, which captured 41 medals including 18 golds. The U.S. swept gold in men’s and women’s hockey, beating Canada 2-1 in overtime in both gold medal games.
Earlier in the games, the president criticized U.S. athletes who expressed disapproval of his policies, specifically freestyle skier Hunter Hess. Hess, when asked earlier this month how it feels to represent the U.S. given what is occurring back home, said it “brings up mixed emotions.”
Demonstrations against the Trump administration, particularly against its widespread immigration crackdown, have popped up since the president returned to office last year.
“It’s a little hard, there’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of and I think a lot of people aren’t,” Hess told reporters. “I think for me, I’m representing my friends and family back home, the people that represent it before me, all the things that I believe are good about the U.S.
“I just think if it aligns with my moral values, I feel like I’m representing it. Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S.”
Trump wrote on Truth Social that Hess is “a real Loser” for those remarks and is “very hard to root for.”
After those comments by the president, Hess wrote on Instagram, “I love my country.”
“There is so much that is great about America, but there are always things that could be better,” he added. “One of the many things that makes this country so amazing is that we have the right and the freedom to point that out. The best part of the Olympics is that it brings people together, and when so many of us are divided we need that more than ever.”
