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Posted on 02/08/2026 1:08:36 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
President Donald Trump is going on the offensive after a member of Team USA competing at the Winter Olympics criticized the direction of the United States' political climate.
American athletes competing at the games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo have been asked questions about their feelings on the country's current political climate - which has drastically shifted under Trump since he took office a second time.
While some athletes have expressed their thoughts and feelings - including those against the shifting political temperature - with diplomacy, others have taken a more direct approach.
Hunter Hess, a freestyle skier from Oregon set to take part in the halfpipe competition, revealed his mixed feelings about representing the United States during such a difficult time in the country's history.
'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,' the 27-year-old said. 'Just because I'm wearing the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that's going on in the US.'
Trump took to his account on Truth Social and fired back to say that Hess shouldn't be competing for the US if he's going to be vocally against his administration.
'U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics,' Trump said - slightly distorting Hess' words.
'If that’s the case, he shouldn’t have tried out for the Team, and it’s too bad he’s on it. Very hard to root for someone like this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!'
Hess' comments were fuel to the fire for Trump's base, who jumped on it and criticized him and fellow Team USA skier Chris Lillis - who shared a similar sentiment.
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Ok, you convinced me
That was a sad state of affairs at the time. I'm surprised Republicans didn't kick Clarence Thomas down the road too.
yeah, Trump does tweet like a 16 year old girl, but that little loser who does a hobby for a living can go live in Italy if he loves it so much. He can get gang-raped by muslims in front of the Duomo.
Of, course, if he stayed here he could also get gang-raped by muslims but as long as he gets gang-raped, I’m fine.
Shut up and ski!
It’s not even skiing.
My only “mixed emotion” is that all of the ICE haters get their asses kicked. They can go kiss a Skinny Minnie. and do the Somali Walz with Tiny Timmy Tampon. They can probably get a free one.
I agree.
These blowhards need to go and play in the snow and leave the business with the illegal alien invaders to the grownups who pay the taxes. This batch of prisoner slaves isn’t wiping gringo butts and scrubbing toilets like those before them. All this batch does is shop at Walmart with free money from their government ATM and eat at all the fast food joints and restaurants while operateing their own Road Kill Street Taco stands or gut trucks during the day.
My thoughts exactly.
The America haters are the ones who need to zip it.
You can’t refuse a US citizen re-entry into the US.
Lol. This is why we love President Trump and ignore whiners such as yourself.
Biting the hand that feeds you
+1
All politics is downstream of culture
Let the Brits, the French and the Italians fight their next war.
I think it’s staged. NBC is using the Olympics to make political statements on one side. Aren’t they supposed to give equal time?
“I don’t think President Trump should be tweeting about some winter Olympics participant. It’s beneath his dignity”
Aw shut up. Being a foreigner, you might not know how much swill and garbage has been dumped on us. It’s been going on for decades and hardly anyone fought back.
we’re sick of it. I can remember back to the Goldwater days. It was nasty even back then and it’s gotten worse. Now someone finally fights back, and you complain about it.
Sigh... I got Polish citizenship (in addition to my American) in 2016, so I’m less of a foreigner than you
Sez you, you’re a foreigner now.
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