Team USA celebrates Megan Keller’s overtime goal to win the Women’s Gold Medal match between the United States and Canada on day 13 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena on Feb. 19, 2026, in Milan, Italy.
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As the winter olympics conclude, the United States was especially proud this year. The USA’s women’s hockey team won the gold against Canada. Everyone across the country celebrated the win along with the players who were just as excited.
The excitement didn’t stop there. Three days later, the men’s USA hockey team also won against Canada for the first time in 46 years. The United States was ecstatic.
There was nothing but love and pride for the USA team here in the country. People online were buzzing about how meaningful this was and how insane it was for both teams to win the gold. The entire country stood together for this joyous victory.
The achievementquickly turned sour when it came out that when the men’s hockey team returned to their locker room, they received a call from President Donald Trump inviting them to the White House and saying they “had” to invite the women’s team or he’d be impeached.
The team erupts into laughter, disregarding the disgusting childish remark made by the president. Suddenly, the victory didn’t feel so good for the women’s team.
It’s terrible how something as big as both USA hockey teams winning the gold united us, only for it to be ruined by misogyny. I’ve seen people online say how Trump’s comment was not a big deal, and that he was inviting the women’s team regardless. To that I say, open your ears.
The country’s president making a remark that they “have” to bring the women’s team or he’ll be impeached, is disgusting in itself. The way he speaks about inviting them is like it’s such a burden to him and the men’s team – like they’ll be intruding on their special boy’s time.
What truly makes this entire situation terrible is that USA’s hockey players Jack and Quinn Hughes, who participated in the Olympics, are the sons of Eileen Weinburg-Hughes who played for the women’s USA hockey team __YEAR__.
She made a statement that simply boiled down to this country’s favorite excuse for poor male behavior: boys will boys. Although she might not care about her son’s behavior, tons of others do, and they are disgusted with the behavior of the USA men’s team.
Despite all the negative buzz, the women’s team is still proud of their victory, and declined Trump’s invite to the White House to celebrate their victory.
I hope that the next victory for this country can be more respectful to not just our brothers but our sisters who do more than what they are acknowledged for. And not just our sisters, but our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, cousins and nieces, who have helped us to get to where we are.