Trump blasts Olympian over comments about representing US

President Donald Trump reacted connected Sunday aft Team USA Olympic skier Hunter Hess sparked outrage implicit his comments astir representing the state astatine the Milan Cortina Games.

Trump made a scathing station connected societal media, calling Hess a "real loser."

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Hunter Hess of Team United States reacts aft competing successful the Men’s Ski Superpipe Final connected time 2 of the Dew Tour astatine Copper Mountain connected Feb. 25, 2023 successful Copper Mountain, Colorado. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

"U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a existent Loser, says helium doesn’t correspond his Country successful the existent Winter Olympics," helium wrote.

"If that’s the case, helium shouldn’t person tried retired for the Team, and it’s excessively atrocious he’s connected it. Very hard to basal for idiosyncratic similar this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

"Miracle connected Ice" prima Mike Eruzione besides took contented with Hess’ remarks. He wrote connected X that Hess shouldn’t person enactment connected the azygous if helium felt the mode helium felt. The erstwhile men’s crystal hockey Olympian aboriginal deleted his post.

Hess’ comments came arsenic the Trump medication faced backlash implicit the usage of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) successful amerciable migrant operations. An incidental with ICE agents successful January near 1 idiosyncratic dormant successful Minnesota. The pistillate was identified arsenic Renee Good. Border Patrol agents besides had a deadly brushwood with Alex Pretti.

Hunter Hess reacts during the men’s skis halfpipe last astatine the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix astatine Aspen Snowmass Ski Resort successful Aspen, Colorado. It happened connected Jan. 9, 2026. (Dustin Satloff/U.S. Ski and Snowboard/Getty Images)

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Those incidents were seemingly utilized arsenic the catalyst for the comments from Hess, and his teammate Chris Lillis. Hess said helium had "mixed emotions" astir representing the U.S.

"It brings up mixed emotions to correspond the U.S. close now, I think. It’s a small hard. There’s evidently a batch going connected that I’m not the biggest instrumentality of, and I deliberation a batch of radical aren’t," Hess said.

"I think, for me, it’s much I’m representing my friends and household backmost home, the radical that represented it earlier me, each the things that I judge are bully astir the U.S. If it aligns with my motivation values, I consciousness similar I’m representing it. Just due to the fact that I’m wearing the emblem doesn't mean I correspond everything that’s going connected successful the U.S.

President Donald Trump during an announcement successful the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building astatine the White House successful Washington, DC, connected Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026.  (Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"I conscionable benignant of privation to bash it for my friends and my household and the radical that enactment maine getting here."

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Hess is competing successful the men’s freeski halfpipe.

Fox News’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.

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