Trump makes a sexist joke, the US Hockey Olympians decline his invitation | EUROtoday

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The United States ladies’s ice hockey group – Olympic gold in Milan Cortina, gained 2-1 in opposition to Canada just a few days earlier than their colleagues from the boys’s group did the identical – declined the invitation to attend Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech, scheduled for Tuesday night.

The resolution comes after a video was launched on-line capturing the cellphone name between the president of the United States and the boys’s hockey group after the victory in opposition to Canada. “I could send a military plane or something, if you want. It’s the most amazing evening. It’s the most important speech,” says the US president on the phone — on speakerphone, given by FBI director Kash Patel in the middle of the locker room — to thunderous applause, while the team toasts with cans of beer and shouts “here we go.”

“I have to warn you: we will also have to bring the women’s team, you know that, right?”, Trump continues, arousing laughter from the gamers. “Otherwise I fear I would be impeached,” quips the tycoon.

NBC cited a statement from the women’s team saying the players “will be unable to take part” in the State of the Union address. “We are sincerely grateful for the invitation extended to our United States women’s hockey team and deeply appreciate the recognition of their extraordinary achievement,” the statement read. “Due to time and educational {and professional} commitments already scheduled after the Games, the athletes will be unable to take part.” The US women’s hockey team, already Olympic gold medalists in 2018, accepted the invitation on that occasion. However, there is good blood with the men’s team: Jack Hughes, scorer of the decisive goal in the final, declared that at that moment his first thought went to his colleague from the women’s team. “The first person I thought of was Megan Keller, who scored the gold medal goal the other night,” she said in an interview shortly after the victory.

The males’s nationwide hockey group, consulted by CNN, didn’t verify its participation. The gamers Quinn and Jack Hughes, nonetheless, will likely be there. This was confirmed by one of many two brothers, interviewed by ABC.