Staff Reports
It’s time to face the hard truth about some of America’s so-called “representatives” on the world stage. This week, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, U.S. freestyle skier Hunter Hess grabbed headlines for all the wrong reasons. Instead of celebrating the honor of wearing red, white, and blue, he used the global spotlight to whine about America’s immigration policies and claim it’s tough to represent his own country because Donald Trump is in charge.
Call it what it is: another privileged athlete pushing a personal, left-wing agenda while standing atop the opportunity that only America gave him. These Olympic games are supposed to unite the country, not become a soapbox for progressive lectures about “mixed emotions.” If Hess has a problem with the American flag on his uniform, maybe he should hand it over to someone who’s actually proud of this nation.
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President Trump didn’t mince words, and who could blame him? When you represent your country on the world’s biggest stage, you should act like you want to be there. Crying about policies you dislike while pocketing the perks and the glory of being an Olympian—and then turning around to insult the country that made it all possible—is the height of hypocrisy. If Hess can’t stomach the job, there are thousands of patriotic athletes ready to take his place.
It’s absurd to watch the left rush to defend this kind of anti-American behavior. Bernie Sanders jumped in, accusing Trump of demanding blind loyalty—meanwhile, Sanders and his buddies are always the first to demand apologies from anyone who doesn’t follow their woke script. Funny how the same people screaming “resist” suddenly find the flag offensive whenever conservatives are in charge.
Let’s not kid ourselves. This is what happens when globalists, radical activists, and virtue-signaling elites try to hijack everything from sports to everyday life. They’d rather bash America on the Olympic stage than tackle real problems or admit that Trump’s tough border policies are just common sense. If representing America causes so much “mixed emotion,” maybe they should travel to a country where criticizing the government gets you something more serious than applause from liberals on Twitter.
At the end of the day, people don’t tune in to the Olympics to see athletes trash their own homeland. They’re looking for heroes who inspire pride, not entitled celebrities who can’t even bring themselves to cheer for the stars and stripes. If the left wants to turn every event into a political circus, they’re only reminding Americans why Make America Great Again still fires up the heartland. Who do you want waving the American flag—someone who loves this country, or someone ashamed of it?
