President Donald Trump called the U.S. men's national ice hockey team before its championship game against Canada.

The aggressive political rhetoric is widely perceived as having resulted in fisticuffs — on ice. After Canadian fans booed the U.S. national anthem at the Saturday, Feb. 15 Four Nations game at the Bell Centre in Montreal, U.S. players dropped their gloves and threw punches at their Canadian rivals, sparking a commentary frenzy on social media.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau taunted Donald Trump after Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in overtime to win the 4 Nations ice hockey competition in Boston. On X, formerly Twitter, Trudeau wrote: "You can't take our country – and you can't take our game." The post went viral receiving more than 31,000 reposts and 4.8 million views.