According to the provocations of US President Trump, the ice hockey final of the 4-nation face-off was politically charged. The duel went to Canada in terms of sport.
Thanks to superstar Connor McDavid in Boston, the “51st US state”, as Donald Trump sees and called Donald Trump Canada, won 3-2 after extra time. In contrast to the previous heated duel, the final of the “NHL 4 Nations Face-Off” did without fights.
“You can’t take our country – and not our game”, either wrote the outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – referred to by Trump as “governor Trudeau” – after the triumph on X. and McDavid said after a highly competitive game: “It is not an Olympic gold medal, but it means the world for our team. Everyone fought so hard. It was something special.”
Leon Draisaitl’s teammate at the Edmonton Oilers scored the winning goal after 8:18 minutes in extra time.
Trump provokes before the game
After the group game had already hit high waves, trump continued to go into the fire before the game. “I will call our great American ice hockey team this morning to choose her to win this evening against Canada, which will be our estimated and very important 51st state with much lower taxes and much more security one day, perhaps soon,”, “ Trump wrote “Truth Social” on his platform.
The President could not come to the game because of an appointment in Washington DC, the White House had announced and announced that Trump would follow the game on the television.