Trump wears US men's hockey star Matthew Tkachuk's gold medal at White House: 'Not giving it back'

President Donald Trump and U.S. men’s hockey golden medalist Matthew Tkachuk had a lighthearted enactment successful the Oval Office Tuesday up of the State of the Union address.

Tkachuk was with respective members of the team, taking pictures and showing disconnected their medals aft defeating Canada successful overtime connected the last time of the Winter Olympics. 

The Florida Panthers prima asked the president if helium wanted to deterioration the medal.

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Gold medalists Vincent Trocheck (16), Matthew Tkachuk (19) and Dylan Larkin (21) of the United States observe during the medal ceremonial aft the men's golden medal against Canada astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena during the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games Feb. 22, 2026, successful Milan, Italy. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

"Yeah, absolutely. I’m not giving it back," Trump joked.

Tkachuk replied, "I’ll commercialized you that for a pen."

Trump said it was "cool" to deterioration the medal, adding, "I ne'er thought I’d person this connected me."

Dylan Larkin and Jack Hughes past posed for a photograph down Trump astatine his desk.

The United States' Matthew Tkachuk (19) celebrates aft the United States defeated Canada successful a men's crystal hockey golden medal crippled astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

The radical of players astatine the White House to conscionable with the president volition be the State of the Union code aboriginal Tuesday night. Trump invited the squad to the lawsuit arsenic they celebrated their golden medal triumph successful Milan.

The players’ excitement appeared to miff critics of Trump. But portion talking to reporters extracurricular the E11EVEN nightclub successful Miami connected Monday night, Hughes said gathering the president is simply a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

The United States' Brady Tkachuk (7) and Matthew Tkachuk (19) observe aft the United States' triumph implicit Canada successful the men's crystal hockey golden medal crippled astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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"Everything is truthful political. We’re athletes. We’re truthful arrogant to correspond the U.S., and erstwhile you get the accidental to spell to the White House, conscionable the president, you know, we’re arrogant to beryllium Americans, that’s truthful patriotic. No substance what your views are, we’re ace excited to spell to the White House and conscionable beryllium portion of that," helium said.

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