Trump Celebrates Historic Victory: US Men’s Olympic Hockey Team Honored at White House

“I’m not giving it back,” Trump quipped, eliciting laughter from Tkachuk’s teammates as he donned the medal.

Trump extended an invitation to both the men’s and women’s Olympic hockey teams to attend his State of the Union address, though the women’s team chose to decline.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., mentioned that due to the last-minute nature of the invitation, they were scrambling to sort out the arrangements.

Due to the last-minute invite, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said that they were racing to figure out the logistics.

“There’s no way to have special guests on the floor because it’s a literal session of Congress,” Johnson told reporters on Capitol Hill on Monday. “But we’re going to work and do what we can to accommodate.”

The team departed Miami on board an Air Force plane a couple of hours ago and videos from their Instagram accounts show them taking the phrase “traveling party” literally.

The Olympic champions arrived back in South Florida from Milan on Monday afternoon and celebrated their achievement with a steak dinner, followed by partying the night away at famed Miami nightclub E11even.