Then came another one.

“I would like to know also, you’ve been putting in the same sentence Syria, Iraq and North Korea as failed states, Russia’s being not a failed state but part of this,” Latendresse said to Spicer. “Has it become, to use an old expression, the Axis of Evil of this administration?”

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And then one more.

“Very quick, last question,” Latendresse said. “With the National Hockey League playoffs just started, will the President cheer for the Rangers or the Caps?”

There was quiet laughter in the room.

“Respectfully, that’s really not been a subject that’s come up too often in the White House,” the press secretary said.

The question presumably referred only to New York and Washington since one city is Trump’s former home and one is his current home. There doesn’t, however, appear to be much uncertainty which team he supports. For evidence, here’s a tweet from Game 5 of the teams’ 2015 second-round matchup, the moment the series began to go south for the Caps.

Trump, as it turns out, was at that game in person.

Plus, there was this.

So I don’t think this is really a question.

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While some criticized Latendresse for his brief detour into sports, let’s at least note the backstory: He and his wife are Montrealers who moved to D.C. for journalism purposes in 2006. They grew to love the city and both began the process of becoming American citizens; they also began following the Caps in addition to their beloved Canadiens. Caps anthem singer Bob McDonald even showed up at their house for a special performance of the national anthem after Tracey Madigan became an American citizen.