The U.S. women's national ice hockey team declined Trump's invitation to address Congress.

The United States women's national ice hockey team will not be able to attend the address of the American leader Donald Trump to the US Congress and will not hold a meeting with him. This was reported on February 23 by The Guardian newspaper, citing a representative of the women's team.

Earlier, Trump invited the US women's national ice hockey team to fly to a speech on the state of affairs in the country on February 24 using a military aircraft.

The representative of the national team noted that the athletes are grateful for the invitation, but will not be able to attend due to previously scheduled training and work commitments.

"We are sincerely grateful for the invitation extended to our gold medal—winning U.S. women's hockey team and deeply appreciate the recognition of their outstanding achievements," the statement said.

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The USA national hockey team defeated Canada (2:1) in the final of the Olympic hockey tournament. The American team won gold at the Olympics for the first time since 1980. Later, Trump congratulated the national team on winning the hockey tournament at the Olympic Games.

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