发布时间:2026年2月23日,美国东部时间下午3:17 / 来源:CNN
作者:[贝琪·克莱因]
金牌得主美国奥运女子冰球队以日程安排问题为由,拒绝了唐纳德·特朗普总统国情咨文演讲的邀请。
这一邀请是在特朗普周日通过电话向美国男子冰球队表示祝贺后发出的,当时队员们正在庆祝他们历史性的奥运胜利,特朗普甚至提出派军用飞机将他们送往华盛顿特区。
“我们周二晚上要发表国情咨文演讲。如果你愿意的话,我可以派一架军用飞机之类的。这是最棒的夜晚,是最重要的演讲,”总统在更衣室里通过联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔手持的扬声器电话上说道,现场爆发出热烈的欢呼声和“我们去”的呐喊。
特朗普补充道:“我必须告诉你,我们得把女子队也带去——你知道的。”他表示,如果她们未被邀请,“我相信我可能会被弹劾,好吧?”
队员们笑了起来。这一时刻以及队员们的反应在社交媒体上引发了强烈反对。
女子队发言人表示,男子和女子冰球队均收到了周二参加特朗普演讲的正式邀请。目前尚不清楚男运动员是否会落实计划,但女子队已拒绝邀请。
“我们真诚感谢向我们金牌得主的美国女子冰球队发出的邀请,并深切感激对她们非凡成就的认可,”该队发言人在一份声明中说。
“由于时间安排和奥运会后的既定学术及职业承诺,运动员们无法参加。她们很荣幸能获邀,并对这份认可心存感激。”
正在从意大利返回美国的男子队尚未立即回应CNN关于他们是否会出席演讲的询问。白宫也未回应CNN的置评请求。
两支美国队在与加拿大的精彩比赛中均获得奥运金牌:女子队周四在加时赛中以2-1获胜,男子队周日也以同样的2-1加时赛比分取胜。
打进男子队制胜球的杰克·休斯表示,他的第一个想法就是女子队明星梅根·凯勒。
“我第一个想到的人是梅根·凯勒,她前几天打进了金牌制胜球,”新泽西魔鬼队的中锋在获胜后不久的采访中说道,回忆起女子队获胜后在奥运食堂遇到凯勒的情景。
“我在(食堂)看到她,就说我为她们团队感到多么高兴和自豪,而这也是我最先想到的人之一,就是她。”
两支奥运队伍在返回各自职业和大学级别的冰球队后,几乎没有时间享受胜利的喜悦。职业女子冰球联盟将于周四恢复赛季,国家冰球联盟将于周三恢复比赛。
女子队上一次在平昌冬奥会夺冠是在特朗普第一任期内。2018年4月,作为更广泛的奥运庆祝活动的一部分,她们曾受邀前往白宫。男子队此次夺冠是自1980年“冰上奇迹”以来的首次。
US women’s hockey team declines Trump’s State of the Union invite, citing scheduling
Published Feb 23, 2026, 3:17 PM ET / Source: CNN
By [Betsy Klein]
The gold medal-winning US Olympic women’s hockey team has declined an invitation to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, citing scheduling issues.
The invite came after Trump regaled the US men’s team by phone Sunday as the players celebrated their historic Olympic victory, even offering to send a military plane to bring them to Washington, DC.
“We’re giving the State of the Union speech on Tuesday night. I could send a military plane or something, if you would like to. It’s the coolest night. It’s the biggest speech,” the president — over a speakerphone held by FBI Director Kash Patel in the locker room — said to raucous cheers and shouts of “we’re in.”
Trump added: “I must tell you, we’re gonna have to bring the women’s team — you do know that.” If they weren’t invited, the president said, “I do believe I probably would be impeached, OK?”
Members of the team laughed. The moment — and the players’ response —prompted significant backlash on social media.
Both the men’s and women’s hockey teams were formally invited to attend Trump’s address Tuesday, according to a spokesperson for the women’s team. It is not clear whether the male athletes will follow through on the plans, but the women have declined the invitation.
“We are sincerely grateful for the invitation extended to our gold medal-winning U.S. Women’s Hockey Team and deeply appreciate the recognition of their extraordinary achievement,” the team spokesperson said in a statement.
“Due to the timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments following the Games, the athletes are unable to participate. They were honored to be included and are grateful for the acknowledgment.”
The men’s team, which was traveling back to the US from Italy, did not immediately respond to CNN’s inquiry on whether they would attend the speech. The White House did not respond to CNN’s request for comment.
Both American teams secured Olympic gold in extraordinary games against Canada, the women 2-1 in overtime on Thursday and the men in their own 2-1 overtime win Sunday.
Jack Hughes, who scored the men’s game-winning goal, said one of his first thoughts was women’s team star Megan Keller.
“The first person I thought of was Megan Keller, who had the gold medal goal the other night,” the New Jersey Devils center said in an interview moments after his win, recalling running into Keller in the Olympic cafeteria after the women’s victory.
“I saw her in the (cafeteria), and I just said how happy and proud I am of their group and that was one of my first thoughts, was her.”
Neither Olympic team has much time to soak in their victories as they return to their professional and college-level hockey teams. The Professional Women’s Hockey League resumes its season Thursday, and the National Hockey League resumes on Wednesday.
The women’s team most recently won gold in PyeongChang during Trump’s first term. They were among the athletes invited to the White House in April 2018 as part of a broader Olympic celebration. The men’s win was the first since the 1980 “Miracle on Ice.”
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