Brady Tkachuk, the Ottawa Senators captain and a Team USA gold medalist, said he didn't appreciate the AI-doctored video released by the White House that made it appear he was disparaging Canadians.
The video, published Sunday by the White House's official TikTok account, featured doctored footage from a Tkachuk brothers' press conference at the 4 Nations Face-Off last February. While "Free Bird," the goal song for Team USA, played in the background of the video, Brady Tkachuk was made to say, "They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup eating f---- a lesson."The clip, which discloses that it used AI-generated media, has 11.1 million views on TikTok and was widely viewed on other social media platforms.
"Well, it's clearly fake, because it's not my voice, not my lips moving," Tkachuk said Thursday in his first media availability in Ottawa since the U.S. defeated Canada for the gold medal in men's Olympic ice hockey in Milan. "I'm not in control of any of those accounts. I know that those words would never come out of my mouth. So, I can't do anything about it."
After this and the insult to the women’s gold-medal team (‘I guess we have to invite the women..’) I wish the Canadians had won the damn gold medal.
Trump is a pr!ck.. RESIST!
Yeah, what a flamin' @$$hole to do a thing like that!
The person behind the massive, deeply biased MAGA X account appears to actually be White House staffer Garrett Wade, according to recent reporting from Wired.
Wired revealed that one of Wade’s phone numbers was connected to the “Johnny MAGA” account, and a source later corroborated that information.
The account, which boasts nearly 300,000 followers, is essentially scheduled pro-Trump shitposting. But it never disclosed that it’s actually on the administration’s payroll—raising serious questions regarding ethics and transparency. The account frequently amplifies administration talking points.
“They’re burning the American flag right now in Minneapolis. And they really expect you to believe that ICE shot an innocent civilian,” the account wrote in January, after Renee Good was shot and killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis.
“Gavin Newsom attempts to act hood while meeting Usher in Atlanta,” the account wrote on Tuesday. “Absolute cornball.”
“Democrats are actually refusing to stand for our gold-winning US men’s hockey team,” Johnny MAGA wrote during the State of the Union. “Unbelievable.”
Neither Wade nor any White House staff have commented.
“People have a right to know who is trying to manipulate public opinion, and they have a right to know whether or not they’re experiencing astroturf politics,” University of Pittsburgh media ethics professor told Wired. “This lack of transparency and the conflict of interest surrounding this account and the lack of disclosure all amount to a breach of public trust.”
A Jack of all trades is master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.
... And many thanks for the masters in skill for setting our standard of work to instill.
Has he ever told the truth about anything? If so, I missed it.
Why his true believers can't accept that truth is, imo, attributable to racism, sexism, and insecurity.
How to explain Democrats not screaming from every rooftop or podium that he is in fact trying to come up with a concrete plan of action to not leave office, as he knows he will be held accountable. It's the desperation that frightens me.
Maybe we should promise him a pardon if he'll just fire his entire cabinet and resign. Sigh.Feel free to disagree. Everyone has the right to be wrong - Even me.
on February 26, 2026, 2:01 pm
