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   White House Communications Director Goes Full Donald Trump With   
   Olympics MVP Whine   
   Steven Cheung used a very familiar term to disagree with the sports decision.   
   By Lee Moran   
   HuffPost.com   
   Feb 23, 2026, 04:57 AM EST   
      
   White House Communications Director Steven Cheung cried foul over the   
   decision to name Canada's Connor McDavid as the Most Valuable Player of   
   the Winter Olympics men's ice hockey tournament.   
      
   McDavid earned the accolade despite Canada's thrilling 2-1 loss to the   
   U.S. in Sunday's showdown finale at Milan Cortina 2026.   
      
   Cheung slammed the move and deployed a word that President Donald Trump   
   frequently uses to falsely claim that the 2020 election, which was won   
   by Joe Biden, was stolen from him.   
      
   "RIGGED!" Cheung wrote on X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly   
   known as Twitter, quote-posting the news.   
      
   https://x.com/StevenCheung47/status/2025654405349949769   
      
   And the Trump aide added: "@usahockey's Jack Hughes and Connor   
   Hellebuyck should have been named co-MVP's for their heroics."   
      
   FBI Director Kash Patel, meanwhile, controversially celebrated the U.S.   
   hockey win alongside the players. And the president marked Team USA's   
   history-making 12 gold medal haul in Italy with a series of his posts   
   on his Truth Social platform.   
      
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   Kash Patel Faces Backlash For Flying To Winter Olympics, Partying It Up   
   With Team USA   
   Patel reportedly used an FBI jet to check out the final days of the   
   Milan Cortina Games and joined Team USA in the locker room following   
   its gold medal win over Canada.   
   By Ben Blanchet   
   HuffPost.com   
   Feb 22, 2026, 05:44 PM EST   
      
   FBI Director Kash Patel is facing backlash for reportedly using an FBI   
   jet to head to Italy where he spent the final days of the Winter   
   Olympics watching hockey and, later, celebrating Team USA's gold medal   
   win over Canada on Sunday.   
      
   Patel, a hockey fan since his childhood, was spotted at the U.S. men's   
   semifinal game against Slovakia, and later at the final, where he was   
   seen celebrating with Team USA center Dylan Larkin in the locker room   
   after America's overtime win.   
      
   "Congratulations Team USA," Patel appeared to say while making a shaka   
   sign with his hand during Larkin's post-game Instagram Live feed, per a   
   clip shared by MS NOW's Ken Dilanian.   
      
   A separate video, shared by ProPublica's William Turton, appears to   
   show Patel chugging a beer bottle before he throws his hands in the air   
   and pounds a table with his fist.   
      
   Team USA's Matthew Tkachuk is then seen draping his medal around   
   Patel's neck before he joins the winning hockey players in a sing-along   
   to Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue."   
      
   Another clip depicts Patel sipping a different beer as President Donald   
   Trump, overheard on a phone held by the FBI director, suggests that   
   Patel can help arrange to fly the team out to attend his State of the   
   Union address and, later, for a visit at the White House.   
      
   "I got it, boss, I got it," replied Patel in a slurred voice. "I'm on   
   it, I'm fucking on it."   
      
   On Sunday, he took to social media to remark on Team USA's golden   
   accomplishment. The conspiracy-pushing FBI director also shared snaps   
   from the post-game celebration, including one that shows him cracking a   
   smile alongside coach Mike Sullivan.   
      
   Patel, whose partying occurred on the same day that an armed man was   
   shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter around Trump's   
   Mar-a-Lago estate, later addressed the "very concerned media" over the   
   clips.   
      
   "Yes, I love America and was extremely humbled when my friends, the   
   newly minted Gold Medal winners on Team USA, invited me into the locker   
   room to celebrate this historic moment with the boys- Greatest country   
   on earth and greatest sport on earth. =J<<"<<," he wrote.   
      
   Critics on social media swiftly slammed Patel over the trip, with some   
   resurfacing his old comments knocking then-FBI Director Chris Wray for   
   using a government-funded jet to "go on vacation."   
      
   https://x.com/Kash_Patel/status/2025663993205936176   
       Unity, Sacrifice, Attitude- what it takes to be the best in the   
   world. These men live and breathe it. Now Team USA are gold medal   
   champions, legends standing on the shoulders of giants. Thank you for   
   representing the greatest country on earth, in the greatest game ever   
   created.&  pic.twitter.com/hBG987pxM2   
       -- Kash Patel (@Kash_Patel) February 22, 2026   
      
   A number of users also pointed to the Justice Department's   
   controversial, slow-drip release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.   
      
   "Are the Epstein files there?" X user Gerald Celente questioned.   
      
   Another user, Hannah Cox, reacted to Patel's Instagram Live selfie with   
   Larkin, simply writing, "Meanwhile, solving no sex crimes mind you."   
      
   "Why is Kash Patel in the locker room?" asked @AmanitaFugax on X. "They   
   don't even try to hide their corruption and self enrichment anymore.   
   This guy is a podcasting grifter. He should not be anywhere near public   
   service."   
      
   On Thursday, Patel headed to the Milan Cortina Games on the FBI's   
   Gulfstream jet, sources told MS NOW's Dilanian and Carol Leonnig. The   
   report estimated that Patel's trip to Milan cost taxpayers as much as   
   $75,000.   
      
   FBI spokesperson Ben Williamson confirmed the trip but argued it was   
   not "personal" in nature, claiming it was planned months in advance,   
   and Patel was there to meet with Italian officials for meetings and   
   briefings related to government duties.   
      
   Williamson went on to defend the trip by claiming that the FBI plays a   
   "major role" in security for the Games as well as the World Cup, which   
   is set to go down this summer in the States.   
      
   "So we have a U.S. consulate briefing on Olympic security and current   
   FBI posture, as well as thanking FBI personnel on the ground," he wrote.   
      
   Patel has previously come under fire for using an FBI jet to go see his   
   girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins, perform at a wrestling event   
   in Pennsylvania last year.   
      
   He later defended the move, arguing that he's not allowed to fly   
   commercial and declaring that his partner is "a rock-solid conservative   
   and a country music sensation who has done more for this nation than   
   most will in ten lifetimes."   
      
   Patel is the first known active FBI director to make an Olympic-related   
   trip since Robert Mueller did so in 2003, although that trip occurred   
   several months prior to the start of the 2004 Athens Games, MSNBC noted.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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