These athletes have worked their whole lives to make the Olympics. I would hate to seem them denied the opportunity to participate in the games. Still, given the insanity of Kim Jung-un, their safety cannot be guaranteed.

Quote:UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said Wednesday that it was an “open question” whether US athletes would be attending the Winter Olympics in South Korea amid tensions with the nuclear-armed North.

Haley told Fox News that there would be future “conversations” about whether the country would attend the February sporting events in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

“There’s an open question,” she told the network.

“I have not heard anything about that, but I do know in the talks that we have — whether it’s Jerusalem or North Korea — it’s about, how do we protect the US citizens in the area?”

As North Korea continues to test launch missiles into the sea, Haley said the US would take every precaution possible to keep the athletes safe.

https://nypost.com/2017/12/07/nikki-hale...-question/

Trump would be smart to boycott the Olympics to save face since a number of American athletes say they will not represent Trump at the Olympics.

(12-07-2017 12:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Trump would be smart to boycott the Olympics to save face since a number of American athletes say they will not represent Trump at the Olympics.

I am so glad that Athletes represent the country, not a single person...

(12-07-2017 12:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Trump would be smart to boycott the Olympics to save face since a number of American athletes say they will not represent Trump at the Olympics.

since when do athletes represent the president?

Send Kapernick.

why? we'd totally clean up.

(12-07-2017 12:10 PM)solohawks Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 12:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Trump would be smart to boycott the Olympics to save face since a number of American athletes say they will not represent Trump at the Olympics.

since when do athletes represent the president?

IDK something like this has never happened before has it?

Has our country ever been so divided that athletes refused to go the the Olympics because of the POTUS?

Some times you just can't wrap your mind around the degree to which some libs here are infected with TDS.

(12-07-2017 12:17 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 12:10 PM)solohawks Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 12:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Trump would be smart to boycott the Olympics to save face since a number of American athletes say they will not represent Trump at the Olympics.

since when do athletes represent the president?

IDK something like this has never happened before has it?

Has our country ever been so divided that athletes refused to go the the Olympics because of the POTUS?

which athletes are refusing to go to the Olympics because of Trump?

Not in my lifetime. I really wish we could just split this thing up in 5 or 6 countries. It's not going to ever heal.

(12-07-2017 12:20 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 12:17 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 12:10 PM)solohawks Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 12:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Trump would be smart to boycott the Olympics to save face since a number of American athletes say they will not represent Trump at the Olympics.

since when do athletes represent the president?

IDK something like this has never happened before has it?

Has our country ever been so divided that athletes refused to go the the Olympics because of the POTUS?

which athletes are refusing to go to the Olympics because of Trump?

This is all I could find....

Quote:Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn on Wednesday criticized President Trump, saying she doesn’t believe he represents the country well.

"I want to represent our country well. I don't think that there are a lot of people currently in our government that do that," Vonn told CNN.

She added that she hopes "to represent the people of the United States, not the president" at the upcoming Winter Olympics.

and she is not saying she won't go to the Olympics. I don't ever remember any athlete saying they were at the Olmpics to represent their President. I think it is a given and always has been to represent your country. Libs with TDS will use any occasion to include Trump in anything. Just yesterday some whackjob lib was blaming Trump for the fires in California.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-r...t-olympics

Meh...Kim Gone Crazy wouldn't attack the olympics.

(12-07-2017 12:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Trump would be smart to boycott the Olympics to save face since a number of American athletes say they will not represent Trump at the Olympics.

We had blacks who represented the US before 1968, so if any athlete boycotts due to Trump, they are pussywillows.

(12-07-2017 12:20 PM)BuffaloTN Wrote:  Not in my lifetime. I really wish we could just split this thing up in 5 or 6 countries. It's not going to ever heal.

probably for the best. At least 2 nations - let the liberals turn their half into another Venezuela

(12-07-2017 12:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Trump would be smart to boycott the Olympics to save face since a number of American athletes say they will not represent Trump at the Olympics.

Those athletes are idiots. They represent the country, not one man. It's like saying they will not represent the eagle, a bird, at the Olympics. Morons.

(12-07-2017 01:32 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 12:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Trump would be smart to boycott the Olympics to save face since a number of American athletes say they will not represent Trump at the Olympics.

Those athletes are idiots. They represent the country, not one man. It's like saying they will not represent the eagle, a bird, at the Olympics. Morons.

He still hasn't provided any link to any athlete boycotting the Olympics because of our President.

Boycotting the Olympics is stupid. Be better to role into town and win all the gold medals.

Is it too late to start a doping program to ensure we win?

(12-07-2017 12:17 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 12:10 PM)solohawks Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 12:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Trump would be smart to boycott the Olympics to save face since a number of American athletes say they will not represent Trump at the Olympics.

since when do athletes represent the president?

IDK something like this has never happened before has it?

Has our country ever been so divided that athletes refused to go the the Olympics because of the POTUS?

If they want to throw away an opportunity they've worked their whole lives for, they're fools.

The president comes and goes, but America will always be their country.

Two questions come to mind: One; how many of our athletes will kneel during the national anthem? Two; with the Ruskies not being allowed to participate as a sovereign country how can we assess our greatness without them as has always been the case, aka the US-Russia and US-East German rivalries.

The thrill is gone.