Megan Rapinoe Calls Out U.S. Men’s Hockey Team For Visiting The White House: ‘You Look Like A Clown’

U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe did not hold back when talking about the U.S. men’s hockey national team visiting the White House and Donald Trump.

Rapinoe referred to the players as “clowns” for visiting Trump, adding that this decision has tarnished their massive moment. She called the decision a “classic ripping defeat from the jaws of victory.”

Rapinoe spoke about this on the latest episode of her wife’s and WNBA legend Sue Bird’s podcast. Rapinoe is an Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA World Cup champion for the United States.

“The United States men’s hockey team, in their utter moment of glory, childhood dreams come true, once in a lifetime accomplishment, sensational, ruined it for themselves,” Rapinoe said. “Because they allowed themselves to be totally co-opted by a clown. And now you’re a clown. You look like a clown.”

Rapinoe circled back to the “joke” made by the president in the locker room about the U.S Women’s hockey team. Trump said that he has to invite the women’s team or else he will be “impeached,” in a phone call with the men’s team. “I don’t understand the funny part of the joke,” Rapinoe said.

“And, I’m just like … why don’t you respect you more than to have that moment be taken by someone for no reason at all, take a huge swing and a jab at women who did the exact same thing you did?” Rapinoe added.

Rapinoe famously said she “wasn’t going to the f—ing White House,” if they won the World Cup back in 2019. The women’s hockey team followed in her footsteps by declining the invitation to the Oval Office.