It was a bitter pill for Canuck sports fans and a re-enactment of the Miracle on Ice for team USA as an outstanding performance in goal sent the Stars and Stripes to the rafters as the American anthem played for the second time in the hockey medals ceremony.

How do you improve on a win like that? By having the President call you up and talk up the game. It looks like he watched it, too, since he knew how clutch Connor Hellebuyck was in keeping some world-class Canuck snipers off the scoresheet.

MUST WATCH: President Trump called Team USA’s hockey team to congratulate them after their thrilling gold medal win at the Milan Olympics—defeating Canada 2-1 in overtime.

“And by the way, your goalie play. Not bad!…You were all Unbelievable!”

Amazing!pic.twitter.com/ilSZX6fkQo

— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress)February 23, 2026

Kash was holding the phone in that call. Lefties (the same ones who didn’t seem to mind Jill Biden hitting the Olympics while Joe stayed behind) feigned outrage about him living large on the taxpayer dime. As if they care a whit about the taxpayer dime.

First, he acknowledged that, yes, he was in the locker room with the boys after their big win.

He then responded directly to an allegation made by the news media, as if he would somehow have any advance notice that America would advance to the Gold-Medal game against Canada, let alone beat them in overtime.

The Independent was one of several to write about it, and referenced some of the usual suspects on leftwing American media:

Source: Clash Daily