India, Feb. 25 -- The gold-medal-winning US men's Olympic hockey team met with President Donald Trump at the White House ahead of their visit to the Capitol for the State of the Union address on Tuesday. The president was seen shaking hands with every player of the men's team in the Oval Office, congratulating on their win at the Milan Olympics. However, the women's hockey team, which also won gold, decided to skip the Trump meeting and SOTU.

The men's team took a chartered plane to Miami on Monday night before traveling to the nation's capital in the morning. They had received a State of the Union invitation from Trump following the game. A video that circulated on social media appeared to show Trump inviting the team on a phone call in...