New York Times Celebrates China-Competing Skier While Slamming American Heroes Who Met Trump

The New York Times just exposed its glaring double standard in the most brazen way possible: showering praise on an American-born athlete who abandoned her country to compete for Communist China while simultaneously attacking genuine American heroes for the “crime” of celebrating their gold medal victory with President Donald Trump.

The contrasting treatment reveals everything Americans need to know about the radical left’s warped priorities.

Fawning Over China’s Champion

In a gushing profile published in The Athletic, the Times‘ sports section rolled out the red carpet for Eileen Gu with a headline proclaiming: “Inside the mind of Eileen Gu, Winter Olympics superstar — and so much more.”

The piece celebrated Gu as “the most decorated freestyle skier” with “three silvers and three golds to her name across two Olympics.”

But here’s what the Times conveniently glosses over: Gu was born in San Francisco, raised with every advantage America offers, then chose to compete for the Chinese Communist Party’s regime—a government responsible for genocide against Uighurs, crushing freedom in Hong Kong, and threatening Taiwan.

The fawning didn’t stop there.

“Quasi-Human Robot” Gets VIP Treatment

The Athletic gushed that readers “would be forgiven if you thought Gu was a quasi-human robot expertly created by artificial intelligence,” praising her media responses as “so eloquent.”

The most revealing passage? The piece bizarrely claimed that skiing is the only time Gu “can fly without someone trying to clip her wings” and “does not have to answer questions about U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice-President JD Vance.”

Translation: Poor Eileen gets bothered with pesky questions about representing an authoritarian regime that disappeared tennis star Peng Shuai and operates concentration camps.

The Times wants Americans to sympathize with her burden of accountability.

American Heroes Get the Opposite Treatment

Just one day after celebrating the Chinese Communist Party’s American-born skiing champion, the Times published a scathing rebuke of actual American patriots.

When the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team defeated a “seemingly indomitable Canadian squad” to win gold and then spoke with President Trump—you know, the democratically elected leader of the country they actually represented—The Athletic‘s Jerry Brewer unleashed his fury.

His headline said it all: “The U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team won gold — and then lost the room.”

Brewer acknowledged that speaking with the president after Olympic victory would typically be “an obligatory celebration,” but lectured readers that these are not “normal times” with Trump in office.

Political Purity Tests for Patriots Only

“This isn’t a neutral climate. This isn’t a neutral president,” Brewer scolded. “And in a nation this polarized, the proximity carries weight whether the players are being intentional or merely naive.”

According to this twisted logic, American athletes who win for America shouldn’t celebrate with America’s president because it might be “repurposed into political capital.”

The column actually claimed the hockey heroes “narrowed their moment” and lost “goodwill” by accepting congratulations from their commander-in-chief.

Let that sink in.

The Double Standard Couldn’t Be Clearer

An American athlete who literally switched sides to represent Communist China for money and fame gets treated like royalty by the Times.

American athletes who proudly represented their country, won gold in dramatic fashion, and celebrated with their president get attacked for insufficient political consciousness.

The message from the coastal elite media establishment is unmistakable: Loyalty to America is problematic. Loyalty to communist regimes is sophisticated and complex.

This is the same newspaper that has spent years lecturing Americans about patriotism, democracy, and values.

The Real “Loss” Here

These American hockey players didn’t “lose the room” by speaking with President Trump.

The New York Times lost any remaining credibility as an objective news source by exposing its hatred for traditional American patriotism while simultaneously celebrating an athlete who chose Chinese communism over American freedom.

The hockey team’s gold medal performance united Americans in pride. Their willingness to speak with the president—regardless of political affiliation—demonstrated the kind of grace and respect for democratic institutions that genuine patriots understand.

Meanwhile, Eileen Gu’s choice to represent China represents the worst kind of opportunism: abandoning the country that gave her everything for fame and fortune in service to an authoritarian regime.

Guess which one the Times thinks deserves celebration?

Americans See Through the Charade

The good news is that regular Americans—the ones outside the New York and Washington bubbles—recognize this hypocrisy for exactly what it is.

They understand that speaking with the president after winning gold for your country isn’t controversial. It’s common decency and respect for democratic tradition.

They also understand that choosing to compete for Communist China after being raised with every American advantage isn’t “complex” or “sophisticated.” It’s a betrayal dressed up in marketing language.

The New York Times can lecture and scold all it wants.

But Americans know heroism when they see it—and they saw it on the ice when Team USA brought home gold, not on Chinese slopes with an American turncoat wearing red.

The only people who “lost the room” here are the editors who thought this glaring double standard would go unnoticed.