Team USA star Matthew Tkachuk brushes off criticism for visiting Trump

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Matthew Tkachuk, U.S. men’s hockey golden medalist and Florida Panthers star, brushed disconnected disapproval astir the nationalist team’s determination to sojourn President Donald Trump astatine the White House.

Tkachuk appeared connected "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" and touched connected the disapproval helium and his teammates received implicit their solemnisation successful the locker country and deciding to alert to Washington, D.C., to spot Trump and be his State of the Union address.

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Matthew Tkachuk (19) of the United States observe aft defeating Canada successful the men's crystal hockey golden medal crippled during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games astatine Milan Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 22, 2026. (Amber Searls/Imagn Images)

"For us, there’s gonna beryllium disapproval for everything we’ve done – each of the partying we’ve done, each the amusive we’ve been having," helium said. "But we’ve earned the close to person the top clip and the top celebration. Of course, 1 of the archetypal invites we get is from the president successful the locker room. It was the quickest ‘yes’ ever."

Tkachuk said the squad would person gone to the White House nary substance who was presiding implicit the country.

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

"It doesn’t substance who was president," helium continued. "We are getting invited arsenic Team USA to spell to the White House and correspond the athletics of hockey, correspond USA hockey, beryllium representatives of Americans. What an grant this is."

Not each subordinate of the U.S. men’s hockey squad went to the White House, arsenic immoderate cited constraints with resuming the NHL regular play arsenic the playoffs neared.

Tkachuk has been to the White House a fewer times since Trump began his 2nd word successful office. He and the Panthers celebrated their Stanley Cup rubric victories astatine the White House arsenic well.