Invoice Guerin, the overall supervisor of the U.S. group on the 4 Nations Face-Off, rejoiced on the notion that President Donald Trump must be on the USA-Canada remaining on Thursday.
In an interview with Fox Information, it was recommended the the sitting president may come and see the extremely anticipated rematch between the 2 host international locations of the match, which has garnered heaps of consideration because of the political local weather between them — and solely escalated from there after three fights broke out within the first 9 seconds of the primary recreation.
“We would love it if president Trump was in attendance,” Guerin stated forward of the championship at TD Backyard on Thursday. “We have a room full of proud American players and coaches and staff. And, listen, we’re just trying to represent our country the best way we can.”
It isn’t believed presently that Trump will attend regardless of hits latest outings on the Tremendous Bowl — the primary sitting president to attend the massive recreation — and the Daytona 500 over the weekend wherein his motorcade took a lap across the Daytona Worldwide Speedway monitor.
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau was in attendance for Canada’s first assembly with Crew USA on Saturday, when the Bell Centre crowd in Montreal booed the U.S. nationwide anthem fairly loudly.
Trudeau later posted a photograph to X of the maple leaf on the ice with a caption that learn: “Damn proud of this country.”
“The Star-Spangled Banner” had been getting booed at NHL and NBA video games north of the border effectively earlier than the 4 Nations match started because of Trump’s threats of tariffs in opposition to Canada.
It’s solely intensified since Trump, who has repeatedly recommended Canada ought to change into the 51st state, referred to Trudeau as “governor.”
