Dave Portnoy Suggests People Mad at President Trump for Women’s Hockey Team Remark ‘Take a Valium’

Dave Portnoy offered his unsolicited opinion on the ongoing controversy over President Donald Trump’s remark regarding the United States women’s hockey team.

Portnoy, 48, appeared on the Monday, February 23, episode of Wake Up Barstool, where he addressed Trump, 79, calling the U.S. men’s hockey team after their victory at the 2026 Winter Olympics. During the call, Trump invited them to attend the State of the Union address and mentioned he would be “impeached” if he didn’t also extend an invite to the gold-winning women’s team as well, sparking controversy and offending many.

“People are mad, they’re going nuts. ‘How could the hockey team laugh, why are they talking to the president?’ This should be a barometer of whether you’re a psychopath,” Portnoy said. “If the president calls after you win the gold medal. I don’t care, if you don’t want to talk to him, fine. But to get mad when [someone] talks to the President of the United States, and he’s just congratulating them [and] chumming around.”

“If this speech made you mad, you need to take a valium and maybe just take a thousand steps back,” he added. “Because there’s nothing to be mad about when a pre...