Trump dons cowboy hat with ‘Miracle on Ice’ Olympic hockey team
Former President Donald Trump held a ceremony honoring the 1980 U.S. men’s hockey team, famously known for the “Miracle on Ice.” During the event, Trump paid tribute to the team members, many of whom were from Minnesota. Using the occasion, he also escalated his focus on the Minnesota Medicare fraud scandal, which involves indictments of numerous members of the state’s Somali community. Trump has been leveraging this scandal to shift midterm election discussions away from economic issues and back towards immigration. At the event,the hockey team presented Trump with a replica cowboy hat,which he wore as a nod to the 1980 opening ceremony. Trump made light-hearted comments about the Somali community during his remarks and briefly took questions from the press, maintaining his messaging on immigration and the ongoing scandal.
Trump dons cowboy hat and pays tribute to ‘Miracle on Ice’ hockey team as he makes digs at Somalis in Minnesota
President Donald Trump held a Friday night ceremony honoring the 1980 U.S. men’s hockey team and used it as an opportunity to escalate his messaging campaign surrounding the Minnesota Medicare fraud scandal.
Over the past two weeks, Trump has leaned into the scandal, in which dozens of members of the state’s Somali community have already been indicted, to steer the midterm conversation away from economic issues and back toward immigration.
Trump brought reporters into the Oval Office for the Friday event before going around the room and asking each member of the “Miracle on Ice” team to briefly speak.
More than half of the 20 players on the team were from Minnesota, which defenseman Bill Baker noted “doesn’t ring very well” with the president’s rhetoric.
“Any Somalians on the team?” the president asked with a grin, drawing laughs from the room. “I don’t think so.”
Trump briefly took questions after the event but largely stuck to the script. The most newsworthy instance happened before the Q&A when the team gifted the president with a replica of the cowboy hat players wore during the 1980 opening ceremony, which they all wore throughout the event.
Trump’s remarks can be seen in full below.
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