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Is Donald Trump boycotting 2018 Winter Olympics?

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — So @realDonaldTrump doesn’t tweet about the Olympics it seems, just like he didn’t during the Summer Games in Rio in 2016.

And you can see why. What the public might see as a global sports extravaganza, President Trump might rightly view as a minefield ready to explode in a way that would do more damage than ruffling that famous haircut.

Had he decided to add to the generic opening ceremony tweet he sent out on Feb. 7 in any of his 27 messages since, what might he have said?

Trump could have praised Shaun White for winning a third career gold medal, only for it to spark a renewed #metoo discussion amid reports resurfacing of a settled sexual harassment claim lodged against White.