White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders quickly backtracked after saying on Thursday that an official decision hasn't been made regarding United States Olympians attending and competing at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games in South Korea amidst mounting tensions between the U.S. and North Korea.
Sanders originally said a decision hadn't been made yet, per the CBS Evening News:
She quickly provided an update explaining that the US would indeed be participating, however:
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said Wednesday on Fox News that it remained an "open question" as to whether U.