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President Trump attacked a skier representing the U.S. at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan Cortina, saying that it is too bad that Hunter Hess is on the team and that it was hard to support him, after Hess sought to distance himself from the Trump administration’s policies. It is exceptionally rare for a sitting president of the U.S. to criticize a member of the country’s Olympic team. The Olympics in Italy are becoming an indicator of how Trump’s policies are playing both with young members of the Olympic team and on the world stage. Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai…