{"id":2574055,"date":"2026-02-26T16:39:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-accuse-trump-of-belittling-female-athletes-remember-he-pressured-the-olympics-to-protect-womens-sports\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:41:26","slug":"media-accuse-trump-of-belittling-female-athletes-remember-he-pressured-the-olympics-to-protect-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-accuse-trump-of-belittling-female-athletes-remember-he-pressured-the-olympics-to-protect-womens-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Accuse Trump of Belittling Female Athletes &#8211; Remember, He Pressured the Olympics to Protect Women\u2019s Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-accuse-trump-of-belittling-female-athletes-remember-he-pressured-the-olympics-to-protect-womens-sports%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2574055&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This article defends the U.S. men\u2019s Olympic hockey team\u2019s gold-medal victory and portrays the ensuing controversy over President Trump\u2019s comments and related invitations as overblown political theater. It argues that liberal media distorted a lighthearted exchange about inviting the women\u2019s team to the white House and ties the debate to Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-led-states-sue-biden-admin-over-expansive-climate-order-targeting-trump-legacy\/\" title=\"Republican-Led States Sue Biden Admin Over Expansive Climate ... Targeting Trump Legacy\">executive order aimed<\/a> at \u201ckeeping men out of women\u2019s sports,\u201d which the piece says the Olympic Committee then followed to protect female sports. The piece emphasizes the historic nature of both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams winning gold in 2026 and suggests the men supported the women, celebrating the moment together.<\/p>\n<p>Key points:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article frames Trump\u2019s joke about inviting the women\u2019s team as a matter of fairness and even-handedness, in line with a stated policy to protect women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It notes the women\u2019s team, led by Hilary Knight, viewed the joke as distasteful, and Knight indicated she might decline the invitation to the White House; USA Hockey cited scheduling and commitments as the reason they could not attend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the piece portrays media coverage as biased and unnecessary,arguing the men\u2019s victory was significant irrespective of the ensuing discourse.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It concludes by hoping the women will accept Trump\u2019s invitation to visit the White House, framing the president as a champion of women\u2019s sports.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leave it to the liberal media to try to tarnish the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-relies-on-american-defector-eileen-gu-at-genocide-games-as-homegrown-athletes-fail\/\" title=\"China Relies on American Defector Eileen Gu at Genocide Games as Homegrown Athletes Fail\">gold medal performance<\/a> of the 2026 Men&rsquo;s U.S. Olympic hockey team because the athletes dared to visit President Donald Trump at the White House and appear at Tuesday&rsquo;s State of the Union address.<\/p>\n<p>And it&rsquo;s all based on a phone call in which Trump joked that if he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-mens-hockey-team-arrives-dc-patriotic-style-ahead-trumps-state-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invited<\/a> the men&rsquo;s team, he would also have to invite the women&rsquo;s team, too, or risk getting impeached.<\/p>\n<p>Lost in all of this misguided reporting about the call is the fact that, thanks to Trump&rsquo;s executive order of February 2025 titled &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/02\/keeping-men-out-of-womens-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keeping Men Out of Women&rsquo;s Sports<\/a>,&rdquo; the Olympic Committee voted to follow suit to &ldquo;protect the female category,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/22\/u-s-olympic-committee-transgender-00468845\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/remarks-signing-executive-order-keeping-men-out-womens-sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> at the signing ceremony for the executive order, surrounded by young girls and women at the White House, &ldquo;Under the Trump administration, we will defend the proud tradition of female athletes, and we will not allow men to beat up, injure, and cheat our women and our girls. From now on, women&rsquo;s sports will be only for women.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">IT&rsquo;S OFFICIAL!<\/p>\n<p>President Trump signs Executive Order banning men from women&rsquo;s sports<\/p>\n<p>Another huge win for America &#127482;&#127480; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C3w50TkdnD\">pic.twitter.com\/C3w50TkdnD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1887252278140170675?\">February 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-can-send-military-plane-something-trump-called-us-mens-hockey-team-historic-win-made-offer-couldnt-refuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebratory phone call<\/a> with the men&rsquo;s U.S hockey team, Trump invited the players to the White House, adding, &ldquo;And I must tell you that we&rsquo;re going to have to invite the women&rsquo;s team. You do know that!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In the background, someone on the men&rsquo;s team can be heard saying, &ldquo;Absolutely,&rdquo; and another cheered, &ldquo;Two for two!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Team USA men&rsquo;s team has been supportive of the women&rsquo;s team from the moment Trump made his joke on the phone call.<\/p>\n<p>Players yelled &ldquo;ABSOLUTELY!&rdquo; when Trump mentioned the women&rsquo;s team coming with them to The White House, and proudly yelled &ldquo;TWO FOR TWO!&rdquo; celebrating their gold&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ve4tZkWXjC\">https:\/\/t.co\/ve4tZkWXjC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RBY4TLgMgy\">pic.twitter.com\/RBY4TLgMgy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Root (@JonnyRoot_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonnyRoot_\/status\/2026803871478329387?\">February 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Where exactly is the supposed misogynistic moment in all of this? Trump was simply saying that he needed to be even-handed. Plus, there is no getting around the fact that after a 46-year drought, following the 1980 &ldquo;Miracle on Ice,&rdquo; the men&rsquo;s win on Sunday was a big deal.<\/p>\n<p>The women last won in 2018, during Trump&rsquo;s first term. Obviously, winning again in 2026 was wonderful, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/five-reasons-team-usas-hockey-win-felt-like-providence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">making history<\/a> as the first time in Olympic history both the men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s teams took home the gold made it all the more special.<\/p>\n<p>For some reason, women&rsquo;s Team USA Captain Hilary Knight has chosen to give more air to the story, telling reporters on Wednesday, &ldquo;The joke was distasteful and unfortunate. The way women are represented is a great teaching point to really shine light on how women should be championed for their amazing feats.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;The joke was distasteful and unfortunate&hellip;Now I have to sit in front of you&hellip;and explain someone else&rsquo;s behavior. It&rsquo;s not my responsibility.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamUSA?\">@TeamUSA<\/a> captain and Torrent forward Hilary Knight on the call and joke by President Donald Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JgKz18fzi1\">pic.twitter.com\/JgKz18fzi1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KING 5 Sports (@KING5Sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KING5Sports\/status\/2026850185222242796?\">February 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Knight also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonnyRoot_\/status\/2027050693467791434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> ABC&rsquo;s &ldquo;Good Morning America&rdquo; on Thursday that she&rsquo;s &ldquo;not sure&rdquo; if the women&rsquo;s team will be accepting Trump&rsquo;s invitation to come to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>She reiterated, &ldquo;I thought the call in itself was distasteful,&rdquo; and it was time to &ldquo;refocus the narrative and understand that our worth matters and how we speak about women&rsquo;s matters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has done more for women&rsquo;s sports than perhaps any president in U.S. history by keeping men out. His &ldquo;distasteful&rdquo; call was him just saying if he invited one team, then he needed to invite the other, out of fairness.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind the men won on Sunday, flew home together on Monday, and then went up to D.C. on Tuesday, while the women won last week and had already dispersed across the country. So part of the issue, as the women&rsquo;s team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/usa-womens-hockey-team-declines-trumps-state-union-invitation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> through a representative, was just logistics, as the women had already returned to their universities and professional sports teams.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are sincerely grateful for the invitation extended to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-toyota-super-bowl-ads-strong-pro-life-message\/\" title=\"WATCH: Toyota Super Bowl Ad\u2019s Strong Pro-Life Message\">gold medal-winning<\/a> U.S. Women&rsquo;s Hockey Team and deeply appreciate the recognition of their extraordinary achievement,&rdquo; the USA Hockey spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Due to the timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments following the Games, the athletes are unable to participate,&rdquo; the representative added. &ldquo;They were honored to be included and are grateful for the acknowledgment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?\">@VP<\/a>, the Second Family, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecRubio?\">@SecRubio<\/a> lead the U.S. delegation in Milan, cheering the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamUSA?\">@TeamUSA<\/a> women&rsquo;s hockey team to a 5-1 victory over Czechia in the opening round &#127482;&#127480; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nv2XFWDrVm\">pic.twitter.com\/nv2XFWDrVm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2019519756127334603?\">February 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Free Press&rsquo;s Suzy Weiss argued in a Thursday video posted on social media, &ldquo;Everyone &mdash; and I mean everyone &mdash; needs to leave the USA men&rsquo;s hockey team alone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What Trump said was barely a joke, let alone a shockingly sexist one, and yet, the commentariat, apparently fed up with the testosterone-fueled patriotism of it all, up and lost their minds,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Weiss concluded, &ldquo;The men&rsquo;s hockey team crushed. Everyone felt it, and it was awesome &hellip;. Can&rsquo;t we just be happy that we won the match?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;Everyone&mdash;and I mean everyone&mdash;needs to leave the men&rsquo;s hockey team alone.&rdquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SnoozyWeiss?\">@SnoozyWeiss<\/a> on how our <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >internet-rotted brains managed<\/a> to turn a gold-medal victory into the latest&mdash;and dumbest&mdash;political football. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ljEFadNSOK\">pic.twitter.com\/ljEFadNSOK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Free Press (@TheFP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFP\/status\/2027054358227984874?\">February 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>All of the media&rsquo;s ginned-up controversy about Trump&rsquo;s call is a whole lot about nothing. Hopefully, the women will give the nation the chance to honor them, as well, by accepting his invitation to visit the White House. 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It claims this claim is part of a broader pattern of misinformation, and it cites a supposed February 2025 executive order titled \u201cKeeping Men Out of Women\u2019s Sports,\u201d which it says led the U.S. Olympic Committee to follow a policy aimed at protecting the female category.<\/p>\n<p>The article describes Trump\u2019s signing event for that order, in which he allegedly declared that the administration would defend female athletes and prevent men from dominating women\u2019s sports, and it references a tweet from Libs of TikTok related to the announcement. It recounts the celebratory phone call in which Trump invited the men\u2019s team to the White House and suggested inviting the women\u2019s team as well, with teammates reacting positively in the background. The author contends there was no real misogyny, stressing that the men\u2019s victory followed a long drought and that both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams had just achieved gold, making the moment historic.<\/p>\n<p>Hilary Knight, the women\u2019s team captain, is quoted as saying the joke was distasteful and that how women are portrayed should highlight their achievements, while noting she may not know if her team will accept the invitation to the White House. The piece also cites a USA Hockey spokesperson explaining the timing and commitments that prevented the women from participating, and cites other commentators who argue the response to Trump\u2019s call has been overblown. 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