Last Updated Apr 27, 2018 11:06 AM EDT
President Trump met with U.S. Olympian and Paralympian athletes Friday morning at the White House, praising them for their accomplishments. Dozens of athletes sported their athletic jerseys and medals outside the White House, as Mr. Trump — accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence — called some of them out by name.
The president called them “total winners.”
But some of the biggest names in the 2018 Winter Olympics weren’t there. Snowboarder Chloe Kim and ski racer Lindsey Vonn, among others, were noticeably absent.
Mr. Trump started out by noting the success of the Olympics in South Korea, and by the progress made in North Korea. Mr. Trump expressed hope that “all people of Korea can live in harmony prosperity and peace,” and said he will be meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “in the coming weeks.”
“A lot of good things are happening over there, literally as we speak,” Mr. Trump said.
The U.S. won 59 medals in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Mr. Trump has taken credit for the success of the Winter Olympics in South Korea.
“Well, I’ll tell you we did a great job with the Olympics,” Mr. Trump said at a Pennsylvania rally in March. “President Moon said without Donald Trump the Olympics would have been a total failure. It’s true.”
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