Trump praised Ovechkin again at rally to supporters in Washington, D.C.

U.S. President Donald Trump at Capital One Arena, the home arena of the Washington Capitals hockey club (HC), again praised Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin. This was reported by Neewsweek on January 20.

"You don't have any empty seats. And by the way, the owners of Capital One, they are so good. We should cheer for their teams because they treated us so well," the American leader noted.

Trump expressed gratitude to the owners of the arena for providing the venue, and also singled out the Russian forward and captain of the Capitals.

"Ovechkin ... Ovechkin is pretty good, isn't he?" - Trump said.

A day earlier, Donald Trump, in his speech before the inauguration, which was held at the home stadium of the Washington Capitals hockey club (HC) Capital One Arena, called Russian hockey player and captain of this team Alexander Ovechkin a great player.