President Donald Trump saluted members of the famed “Miracle on Ice” US Olympic hockey team during a Keep America Great rally Friday in a wide-ranging address in which he also attacked Democrats, the media and boasted at length about his former reality TV show.
“We are thrilled to have with us today 14 players from that gold-medal team. Give them a big hand,” Trump said in Las Vegas, where team members had gathered to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their historic win over Russia on Saturday.
The president at one point called team captain Mike Eruzione to join him on the stage along with players Jim Craig, Bill Baker, Dave Christian, Ken Morrow, Jack O’Callahan, Mike Ramsey, Mark Wells, assistant coach Craig Patrick and the late coach Herb Brook’s daughter Kelly Brooks.
“Just tell them: am I a good athlete and am I a good golfer?” Trump asked Eruzione at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
“You are. Yes, sir. Whatever you say,” Eruzione replied.
He then praised Brooks as a tough but great coach, prompting his daughter to reply: “My personal opinion, he would have been a Trump fan.”
He then attacked Democrats, accusing them of inventing another conspiracy theory that Russia and President Vladimir Putin were meddling in the 2020 presidential election to help him win.
“I see these do-nothing Democrats. They said today that Putin wants to be sure that Trump is elected. Here we go again,” he said.
“I was told a week ago and they said they are trying to start a rumor, it is disinformation, do-nothing Democrats, Putin wants to make sure I get elected. These people are crazy, they don’t think about the country.”
US intelligence reportedly officials told members of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee in a classified briefing last week that Russia was again interfering in American politics ahead of November’s election.
At several points during his address, the commander-in-chief boasted about his former show “Celebrity Apprentice,” calling it “the greatest reality show in history,” and trashing Comcast.
“Comcast, terrible company, terrible people and had ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ for 14 seasons and they used to come to my office and kiss my ass, please sign,” he said, apparently referring to a contract extension.
“I signed and NBC is owned by Comcast and they thought the show would be a total failure so they only signed me for one season. It went to number one. I have the number one show in all of television. It was phenomenal.”
Supporters of President Donald Trump react as he arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Las Vegas.APHe also lashed out at “Mini” Mike Bloomberg, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, whom he called “Pocahontas” again, and former veep Joe Biden over their debate performances this week.
At one point, an attendee became stricken and needed medical attention.
“Thank you doc, thank you,” Trump said after the man had been attended to.
He also repeated familiar campaign themes about the border wall with Mexico, the booming economy and job creation on his watch.




