{"id":67123,"date":"2026-02-24T19:59:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-mens-hockey-team-to-appear-at-trumps-state-of-the-union-with-their-gold-medals-johnson-says\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T19:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:59:27","slug":"u-s-mens-hockey-team-to-appear-at-trumps-state-of-the-union-with-their-gold-medals-johnson-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-mens-hockey-team-to-appear-at-trumps-state-of-the-union-with-their-gold-medals-johnson-says\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. men&#8217;s hockey team to appear at Trump&#8217;s State of the Union with their gold medals, Johnson says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington \u2014 <\/em>The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-hockey-canada-milano-cortina-winter-olympics-gold-medal\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">gold-medal winning<\/a><\/span> U.S. men&#8217;s hockey team is expected to appear at President Trump&#8217;s State of the Union address Tuesday night, House Speaker Mike Johnson said ahead of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/how-to-watch-trump-state-of-the-union-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the speech<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mike-johnson-interview-cbs-evening-news-state-of-the-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">interview<\/a><\/span> with &#8220;CBS Evening News&#8221; anchor Tony Dokoupil, Johnson said the team &#8220;will be there with their gold medals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Logistics were a bit of a challenge last minute, but I think we&#8217;ll get that done,&#8221; Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, said.<\/p>\n<p>The team visited the White House ahead of Mr. Trump&#8217;s speech, according to social media posts from White House aides.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dan Scavino, deputy chief of staff, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Scavino47\/status\/2026380072316182579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0Team USA was in the West Wing &#8220;with patriotic music blaring out of the Roosevelt Room,&#8221; and Margo Martin, special assistant to the president, shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MargoMartin47\/status\/2026376820166205601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">photo<\/a> of the team standing on the South Lawn and a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MargoMartin47\/status\/2026381439898415506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">video<\/a> of players walking down the colonnade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Team USA arrives at the White House!!! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Iv6XS5q6In\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Iv6XS5q6In<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Margo Martin (@MargoMartin47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MargoMartin47\/status\/2026376820166205601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">February 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Matthew Tkachuk, a forward on the men&#8217;s team, shared a photo to Instagram on Tuesday of him and other players standing outside a government plane.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump invited the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s hockey teams to his speech after the men <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-hockey-canada-milano-cortina-winter-olympics-gold-medal\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">defeated Canada 2-1<\/a><\/span> in the championship game at the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/milan-winter-olympics-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Winter Olympics<\/a><\/span> Sunday in Milan to secure gold. The U.S. women&#8217;s team also\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/2026-milan-cortina-winter-olympics-womens-hockey-gold-medal-us-canada\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">beat their Canadian rivals 2-1<\/a><\/span>\u00a0last week to win Olympic gold.<\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s team <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-womens-hockey-team-declines-state-of-the-union-invitation\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">declined Mr. Trump&#8217;s invitation<\/a><\/span> to attend the State of the Union, citing scheduling conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Due to the timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments following the Games, the athletes are unable to participate,&#8221; a USA Hockey spokesperson said in a statement. &#8220;They were honored to be included and are grateful for the acknowledgment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president spoke with the men&#8217;s team by phone shortly after the championship game and said he would send a &#8220;military plane or something&#8221; to Miami to pick them up and bring them to Washington for the speech.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump&#8217;s invitation to the hockey teams set off some <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/who-sits-where-state-of-the-union-2026\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">logistical scrambling<\/a><\/span>. Johnson said earlier Tuesday that while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/how-to-watch-trump-state-of-the-union-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">State of the Union<\/a> is a &#8220;very well-attended event&#8221; and the gallery in the House chamber is &#8220;already full,&#8221; he would figure out a way for the team to attend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Somehow, some way, we&#8217;ll squeeze in the hockey players tonight, and it&#8217;ll be a great moment for America, and it really is a symbol to all of us that we all play for America&#8217;s team, and I hope everybody will remember that tonight,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Watch more of House Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s exclusive interview with &#8220;CBS Evening News&#8221; anchor Tony Dokoupil tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET.\u00a0 CBS New<\/em>s\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/how-to-watch-trump-state-of-the-union-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" 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