Eileen Gu seems to think her opinions about American politics and athletes should count for something, but she won’t even disclose whether or not she is still an American citizen any longer.

But while the question of her citizenship remains unanswered, the media are still treating her like she is an American athlete at the Winter Olympics. For those who remember, Eileen Gu is American-born, but her mother is a Chinese national. When she was 15, she began competing for China instead of the United States in skiing. In 2022, she represented China at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and drew a lot of criticism for that choice.

Here we are, four years later, and Eileen Gu is still skiing for Communist China.

Gu, who was born in California, faced criticism in 2022 for her decision to represent China in the Beijing Olympics, where she claimed gold in the women’s freeski big air and halfpipe and silver in the women’s freeski slopestyle.

In an interview with Time Magazine, Gu said her decision was based more on her ability to inspire participation in the sport, which traditionally was not popular in China.

“The U.S. already has the representation,” Gu said. “I like building my own pond.”

Gu, whose mother is Chinese, grew up in San Francisco, but she said before the 2022 Winter Games that she estimates she’s spent at least a quarter of her life in China.

Questions about her citizenship status were a major point of contention during her previous Olympic outing because the Chinese government does not allow dual citizenship, meaning the California native would have had to give up her US citizenship to do so.

She dodged several questions at the time about whether she relished(sic) her US citizenship.

Time noted that Gu “decline[d] to engage on the citizenship question,” and that there was no evidence to suggest she had relinquished her citizenship.

“I don’t really see how that’s relevant,” she said.

Um, the “evidence” that she is no longer an American citizen is that SHE’S COMPETING FOR CHINA AND THEY DON’T ALLOW DUAL CITIZENSHIP. I highly doubt Eileen Gu is “special” enough to break the CCP’s rules on that point, so until she or China confirm otherwise, the assumption has to be that she gave up her American citizenship in order to represent China in the Winter Olympics in 2022, and that still stands in 2026. Prove me wrong. Her endorsement money speaks for itself.

And yet, because she is photogenic and speaks English and has The Right Opinions™, the media continue to treat her as if her commentary is meaningful or important. When American skiier Hunter Hess opened his mouth about how he has “mixed feelings” about representing the United States, President Trump (who is always, always, always online) responded on Truth Social.

“U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics,” Trump posted to Truth Social Sunday morning.

“If that’s the case, he shouldn’t have tried out for the Team, and it’s too bad he’s on it. Very hard to root for someone like this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

The media freaked out, of course. Have they ever met President Trump?

If the media demands and Olympic athletes comply that politics matter why are you shocked that the President of the United States replies politically? https://t.co/90SLouFQtJ

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) February 9, 2026

So naturally, let’s hear what Eileen Gu, not representing American and definitely a Chinese citizen, has to say about it!

Gu, 22, who was born in the US but is competing for her mother’s native China, said she was disappointed that the latest buzz surrounding the Olympics was about Trump’s comments — rather than about sports uniting the world.

“I’m sorry that the headline that is eclipsing the Olympics has to be something so — unrelated to the spirit of the Games,” the two-time gold medalist told The Athletic.

“It really runs contrary to everything the Olympics should be.”

Gu, who secured her second career silver medal in Milan, said she empathized with Hess because she is no stranger to scrutiny from her fellow Americans.

The young athlete sparked major backlash at just 15 years old when she opted to leave behind the US Ski & Snowboarding team to represent China, where she competed for the home team in the 2022 Beijing Games.

Gu defended her decision to ditch the Stars as Stripes as a way to promote freestyle skiing in the Communist nation — which does not have a rich history of competing in winter sports. During the Beijing games, Gu became the youngest Olympic champion in freestyle skiing history.

“As someone who has got caught in the crossfire before, I feel sorry for the athletes,” Gu said. “I hope that they can ski to their very best.”

“Caught in the crossfire” – really? That’s an interesting way to put “I chose communist China because there was more in it for me, and I got called out for it.” Again, why should anyone care about what Eileen Gu thinks?

whatever americans think about our own athletes' half-baked resistance-lib politics, perhaps we can all come together to hate on the true villain of the 2026 olympics, born and raised in San Francisco, current Stanford student, who betrayed us to ski for the commies https://t.co/kyVbaF30Ut

— Logan Dobson (@LoganDobson) February 9, 2026

Meanwhile, Gu just missed out on gold in one of her events after a fall. Again, why should we care?

Why is NBC breathlessly, constantly reporting on CCP athletes? https://t.co/mDSOICkBWB

— Faye Hausendorff (@FayeH321) February 10, 2026

Can we ask Eileen Gu about the politics in her chosen country, or is that a no?

Someone needs to ask the tough questions to Eileen:
Do you have more affinity with communism since you preferred to compete for communist China rather than America Where by birthright you were a citizen?
How much money did you get to switch your allegiance to China?
Have you been…

— Adam Freeman (@Freemanski74) February 9, 2026

My guess is that Gu will run away from those questions faster than she can ski, as we all know what happens in sports when athletes or those associated with teams express opinions contrary to the Chinese Communist Party. She picked her bedfellows, though, so if she squirms a little – hey, not our problem. Eileen Gu chose her side, and she’s standing with China, under their flag. Why should we give a flying care what she thinks about American politics?

Though, I would dearly love to know if she voted in the last presidential election.

Featured image: Eileen Gu in 2020, cropped, Martin Rulsch, Wikimedia Commons, Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)