About team USA gold medal in hockey---follow the dam rules

 Team USA hockey beat Canada in a great exciting game.

And then Kash Patel and DJT and the team itself kinda screwed it all up.

I do know a thing or two about hockey---let me share some knowledge with you.  Team USA at the Olympics is bound by IIHF rules on the ice, and off the ice they are bound by Team USA rules.  Those rules include NO PHONES in the locker room and access to the locker room is limited to team members and staff (with safe sport certification).  Clearly these rules were not followed and the coaches should be fined and reprimanded.  More importantly is the example set by the top level Team USA team.  If they don't follow the rules regarding access to the locker room and cell phones why should Bantams or Team USA JRs?  

We have seen what happened with women's gymnastics when the governing body didn't follow rules re safesport.  Why the hell was Kash Patel allowed in the locker room.  Is he safe sport certified?  My daughter had to get safe sport certification just to play when she turned 16.  Can we please see Mr. Patel's current safe sport certification?  My son has to re up his safe sport certification every year to play at college (and coach in the summer).

Maybe with a little bit of time and distance the team could have enjoyed themselves in the locker room, and then thought about being used as a political tool at the State of the Union Speech.  Bottom line Team USA after their great win has done nothing but hurt hockey.  A private meeting with the president, fine.  Allowing themselves to be trotted out so that Trump could share in their glory at the SOTU not fine at all.  And chugging beers with Kash Patel and locker room banter with the president.  Really bad optics.  Guys your better than this. 

"the dow is above 50,000" Pam Bondi

 Ok, thanks Pam.  I am pretty sure that actually isn't relevant to the DOJ's activities or related to the question you were asked, BUT in the spirit of the Olympics lets take a look and see if DJT would be on the podium for equity returns over the past year.

Gold   medal           Korea KOSPI      127%

Silver  medal          Japan Nikkei        50%

Bronze medal         MSCI Emerging markets index 49%

                       Canada TSX        34%

                        MSCI world index ex us     33%

                       UK    FTSE                        23%

                      MSCI World                        19%

                       Hong Kong Hang Seng    15%

                        S&P 500                            15%

                        Dow Jones index                13%

Our president can post a video of him winning the gold medal against Canada but he sure can't claim that his economic policies are medal winning.  Canada TSX is doing 260% better than the Dow over the past year.  Emerging market are doing 372% better than our poor Dow.  The entire world stock market is doing 220% better than the S&P 500.  So when Trump claims tonight at the State of the Union that we should be thrilled with how good our 401ks are doing, you should realize that if your sold all your stocks when DJT was elected and bought the MSCI index ex US you would have done 220% better.  Let that sink in.

To add insult to injury (or at least poor performance) if you had invested overseas you also would have not lost 8% (DXY) as your currency our dollar depreciated.

Would Mr. Market give DJT a medal for our stock market performance.  Nope.  But one thing this administration doesn't do is let facts get in the way of a good story.  So Pam you go right ahead and shut up those evil socialist libtard dems with that devesating clap back that we should all be thankful for our crappy equity performance under DJT.