Trump criticizes Olympic skier over mixed feeling of representing US

U.S. President Donald Trump criticized American Olympic skier Hunter Hess on Sunday, days after the athlete expressed mixed feelings about representing the U.S. at the Winter Olympics in northern ⁠Italy.



"If that's the case, he shouldn't have tried out for the Team, and it's too bad ⁠he's on it," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social media platform, referencing Hess' comments. "Very hard to root for someone like this."



Political tensions have surfaced at the Milano Cortina Olympics, including over the presence of personnel from the U.S. Immigration ⁠and Customs Enforcement (ICE).



The agency has faced widespread protests across the U.S. after agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month.



During a news conference in Milan on Friday, Hess, ‌a freestyle skier, said it was "a little hard" to represent the U.S. and he felt mixed emotions.