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'Women aren't less than': Team USA women's hockey players respond to Trump's joke [View all]

Source: NBC News

Feb. 25, 2026, 6:52 PM EST / Updated Feb. 25, 2026, 10:57 PM EST

Members of Team USA's women's hockey team say they don't want their Olympic gold medal achievement to be overshadowed by the backlash over President Donald Trump's joke about having to invite them to the White House during a call to the men's team.

Trump called the men's hockey team, still celebrating in the locker room after its own 2-1 gold medal win against Canada on Sunday, and invited the men to Tuesday's State of the Union address.

But his joke during the phone call about also having to invite the women and the subsequent laughter from the men, which was captured on video and circulated widely on social media, set off a firestorm of criticism, with many expressing frustration that the joke diminished the women's achievement.

Women's team captain Hilary Knight said Wednesday on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” that she found the joke “distasteful” but that she also felt the men’s team was “in a tough spot.” “I think this is just a really good learning point to really focus on, you know, how we talk about women,” Knight said. “Not only in sport, but in industry. Women aren’t less than, and our achievements shouldn’t be overshadowed by anything else other than how great they are.”

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/women-arent-less-team-usa-womens-hockey-players-respond-trumps-joke-rcna260725

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'Women aren't less than': Team USA women's hockey players respond to Trump's joke [View all] BumRushDaShow Feb 26 OP

And to be honest the men's team got lucky groundloop Feb 26 #1

They were lucky liberalgunwilltravel Feb 26 #3

No matter what happened on the ice paleotn Feb 26 #20

Agree liberalgunwilltravel Feb 26 #37

Yup. Fuck those MAGA hat wearing dipshits. SunSeeker Feb 26 #55

The men were being used by Trump as a prop MadameButterfly Feb 26 #57

They were lucky Jilly_in_VA Feb 26 #44

Probably 1/2 of the NHL players BumRushDaShow Feb 26 #5

Very nearly. Harker Feb 26 #11

So less than half Anerican IbogaProject Feb 26 #17

267 Americans, all the others are Europeans... Harker Feb 26 #29

Yup. BumRushDaShow Feb 26 #18

Currently, about 42% of all NHL players are from Canada Wiz Imp Feb 26 #34

The U.S. Team was outplayed by the Canadian Team.... SergeStorms Feb 26 #16

I totally agree, and I don't like the 3 on 3 overtime, it is BS. It is for the top medal, play till you drop Bev54 Feb 26 #24

They didn't go to the SOTU so are they going to the WH? Bengus81 Feb 26 #2

If you mean the women's team, I thought Karma13612 Feb 26 #9

They did. paleotn Feb 26 #21

And With Good Reason lavoosh99 Feb 26 #22

Absolutely... Karma13612 Feb 26 #58

No they turned it down as well. They are too busy. Bev54 Feb 26 #25

Except, it wasn't a joke, coming from the misogynist sexual predator. niyad Feb 26 #4

It's part of that "manosphere" shit BumRushDaShow Feb 26 #6

One would think that several thousand years of patriarchy ("manosphere") niyad Feb 26 #7

The many millennia philosophy BumRushDaShow Feb 26 #8

Sadly true. niyad Feb 26 #10

So many perpetually aggrieved white males in this country. Far too much privilege given to them travelingthrulife Feb 26 #13

Back in the day, we called it paleotn Feb 26 #23

To them, it was a joke. Iggo Feb 26 #30

TSF doesn't know the meaning of a joke. His classless comments are never funny... 3catwoman3 Feb 26 #53

Ladies, I am afraid you are quite mistaken in your thought/suspicions Scalded Nun Feb 26 #12

This! calimary Feb 26 #15

What I find ironic is that LisaL Feb 26 #14

The bar has always been set extremely low..... SergeStorms Feb 26 #19

listening to some of the critques on YouTube made it clear.. samnsara Feb 26 #27

Being in the city of the infamous "Broad Street Bullies" BumRushDaShow Feb 26 #32

It hasn't always been a rich kids sport. But now it is. Wiz Imp Feb 26 #36

The "rich kids" BumRushDaShow Feb 26 #38

Hockey is an expensive sport for kids to participate in at this point Wiz Imp Feb 26 #39

For all the safety gear yes BumRushDaShow Feb 26 #42

As a Philadelphian that has played berksdem Feb 26 #41

That's if you're not in the "used equipment" market BumRushDaShow Feb 26 #43

It is in the northern US Jilly_in_VA Feb 26 #45

All the frozen tundra areas! BumRushDaShow Feb 26 #46

Nah Jilly_in_VA Feb 26 #47

And what you describe is what I meant by "rich kids" BumRushDaShow Feb 26 #48

I think even the "rich kids" here Jilly_in_VA Feb 26 #49

We have a bunch of old private "Academies" here in Philly and the surrounding area BumRushDaShow Feb 26 #50

UM berksdem Feb 26 #52

But good luck finding a school that even offers lacrosse BumRushDaShow Feb 26 #54

I look at this way, just because the president is a reprobate, doesn't mean they need to bring themselves Bev54 Feb 26 #28

someone better inform trump they arent visiting him.. samnsara Feb 26 #26

Trump fed the men's team McDonald's TexasBushwhacker Feb 26 #59

If all the gold medals from both teams were laid side by side, Talitha Feb 26 #31

He didn't even recognize a pic of his 2nd wife. BumRushDaShow Feb 26 #33

Everything trump touches ... Danascot Feb 26 #35

Trump never jokes. He just smiles as he spews out verbal diarrhea hoping his minions will laugh because it is hurtful generalbetrayus Feb 26 #40

Everything he touches turns to shit Pluvious Feb 26 #51

The U.S. earned more gold and total medals in women's events than men's for the sixth straight Olympics LetMyPeopleVote Feb 26 #56