Olympic legend Kaillie Humphries reveals her support for Trump, ICE and saving women’s sports and the men’s hockey team

American Olympian Kaillie Humphries cemented her position as the most successful female bobsledder in history. And now you can say what you really think.

Humphries took a hard-earned bronze in the women’s two-man bobsled last weekend, marking his sixth Olympic medal, adding to his collection of three golds and two other bronzes.

Now, as Humphries awaits his next contribution to Team USA, he hopes to serve on the White House Task Force for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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She hopes to do so as a strong supporter of President Donald Trump.

“I’m a Republican,” Humphries told News Digital, adding that she voted for Trump in 2024.

Humphries holds a unique place in Olympic history as the only bobsledder to win a gold medal for two different countries.

She won gold for Team Canada at the 2010 Vancouver Games and the 2014 Sochi Games. She then went through a grueling process to become a U.S. citizen, before competing for Team USA at the 2022 Beijing Games, where she also won gold.

Her journey of becoming a legal immigrant and seeking a new life in the US, having settled in San Diego, California, where she is now raising a son with her husband Travis, has given her immense pride as an American. She believes it is a system that must be maintained and respected.

“I’m in favor of legal immigration. I think it’s a very difficult process, it’s not an easy process,” he said, pointing to the American flag on his shirt. “It shouldn’t be an easy process. It’s hard, you’re actively looking for something great. That’s why I can stand here and be very proud to wear this flag on my chest and represent the United States.

“In order for our country to remain the best country in the world, we need those checks and balances… otherwise we’ll just be illegal and people will make things up as we go along.”

Originally from Calgary, Alberta, she came through the country’s national development team as a skier, before switching to bobsled in 2002. She then got her first taste of Olympic glory for Canada, but had a problem with her coach after the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.

At that point, she had already started the process to become a U.S. citizen, starting in 2016, but was still competing for Canada. He soon realized he had to make a change.

“I went through a lot of trouble with Bobsled Canada and the head coach they had hired. And the head coach physically and mentally abused me. I physically feared for my safety,” he said. “When I brought it up to our management at Bobsled Canada, they decided to back him as their choice for the coach they hired that Olympic year, and not back me.

“They cut off my funding, they cut off my support, they kicked me off the team and there was no turning back. And since I was living in the United States and was engaged to an American at the time, I called USA Bobsled.”

News Digital reached out to Bobsleigh Canada for a response.

Humphries had to earn a spot on the US team, spending $70,000 on his own sled and even having to buy all of his own equipment, before proving he had plenty left in the tank, even in his early 30s, at the US trials ahead of the 2022 Beijing Games. He completed his path to US citizenship in December 2021, just in time to represent the Red, White and Blues in China, where he won the first monobob gold for the USA.

“I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity for the United States to allow me and empower me to be the best version of myself and continue my career and allow me to be the best in the world for such a great country,” she said. “It was a great honor to carry the American flag… and represent this life now in the United States of America.”

Through all the steeplechase and medal races, Humphries developed an appreciation for the sanctity of women’s sports and the sacrifices women must make to have a shot at glory.

Now, as an American living in California, she has had to witness a wave of transgender athletes making their way into women’s sports, both in her state and across the country. And she feels compelled to speak out against it.

As a hopeful member of the White House Task Force for the 2028 Summer Olympics, Humphries fully supports Trump’s proposal for mandatory genetic sex testing to protect the women’s category.

“I think it’s very important for women to have their own category to compete in,” she said. “There is a big difference between men and women, especially when it comes to speed, power and strength sports.”

Humphries recalled her own competition against men in mixed events in 2015.

“In doing so, I am 100% certain that as a woman in this sport I have no chance of competing against men and being successful,” she said. “There is a drastic difference. We have different chromosomes and different genetics…

“When I look at others [sports] “Like boxing, where there is an element of physical security, you know we have to protect women’s sports.”

A majority of Americans support protecting women’s sports from trans athletes, according to multiple polls. But some women’s sports fans, often with left-wing partisan views, have viewed efforts to achieve protections for the women’s category as “bigotry” or “transphobia,” including multiple elected American politicians.

“I would ask them if they’ve ever been in an Olympic-level sport and had to try to compete against someone of world caliber,” Humphries said when asked what argument she would give to those opposed to protecting women’s sports. “There are categories for a reason… women have their own category and rightly so, men have a category, and if the trans community would like to compete in a sport, there should be a category for them too…

“We need help to protect women’s sports, or unfortunately, because of that big difference, it will end up disappearing.”

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Humphries agreed that critics of protecting women’s sports are “using bigotry to disguise the flaws in their arguments.”

Humphries had a moment to truly appreciate the exploits of American athletes when the U.S. women’s hockey team defeated her native Canada in the gold medal game last week. Just a few days later, he celebrated as the U.S. men’s team also beat Canada.

“Miracle on ice again,” he called it. “To be honest, I have friends on both sides. So part of me feels that way about the individual athletes, but I’m very proud that on both sides the men and women were able to take home the gold as a very passionate American.”

Neither hockey team was able to return to the United States before becoming caught up in the nation’s political theater.

When Trump called the men’s team into the locker room to invite the players to the White House, he made a comment that has since become infamous, saying “we’re going to have to bring the women’s team, you know that,” and adding, “I think they’re probably going to impeach me,” which was met with a chorus of laughter from the players.

While many were angry about the exchange, Humphries didn’t let it bother her.

“I think every joke in the world can be taken personally, not personally. I mean, that’s the point of jokes,” he said.

“Everyone’s going to take it how they want to take it… As a woman, I’m going to be sensitive to female jokes within the sport, at the same time, as a high-performance athlete who believes in being the best herself, and being in a very male-dominated sport, which is bobsled, I can understand when a joke is a joke. So, for me specifically, I’m kind of biased towards that, because it didn’t affect me. It wasn’t a joke about me.”

He added of Trump: “I personally don’t think his intention was the way he expressed himself.”

The men’s team visited the White House and even attended Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night, while facing immense scrutiny from the political left for their reaction to the joke and their general proximity to the president.

Several major American media outlets have written op-eds condemning the US men’s team for its association with Trump, despite such a historic victory.

“I think it’s sad that an achievement, a great achievement, is belittled, knowing that they haven’t won in 46 years,” he said.

“For any athlete to be invited to the White House and be proud to represent their country…whether you voted for them or not, they can celebrate with the top person who runs our government, I would have gone if they had invited me. So I don’t blame them. I’m jealous that the men’s hockey team had to leave, but I think it’s sad that people want to pick apart the smaller portion of that instead of focusing on the positive…

“Unfortunately, politics likes to get in the way of sport.”

Humphries may have the opportunity to visit the White House, as traditionally all Team USA athletes are invited to the White House in the spring, after the winter games conclude.

It may be his last chance to visit the White House as an Olympic medalist, but it is not certain, as he plans to continue competing even at age 40.

Still, she has other obligations as a mother with a family that will hopefully grow after she and Travis welcomed their son, Aulden, in June 2024. Aulden was born after a challenging journey involving endometriosis and IVF, and Humphries plans to use IVF again and depending on how that goes will determine her next steps as an athlete.

But the couple has a sense of peace knowing that IVF will cost less after Trump signed an executive order in February 2025 focused on reducing IVF costs.

“As an athlete and mother, knowing that insurance will now cover IVF is a hope. The financial burden of fertility treatments can be overwhelming, and easing that burden means we can dream of growing our family with excitement rather than fear,” Humphries said.

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If Humphries returns to the sport, finding a way to top his current resume will be a challenge. She is a six-time Olympic medalist, the only female athlete in Olympic history to win a gold medal for two countries, and the only athlete to win gold in all three bobsled events.

And now, after winning the bronze medal in the two-man race in Milan Cortina, she and her brakeman Jasmine Jones are the first two-mother team to reach the bobsled podium in Olympic history.

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