As a student, Donald Trump played high school soccer. As a business baron, he owned a team with rivals in the NFL startups and sued the established league. As president, he slandered the professionals who took their knees during the national anthem as part of the social justice movement.
On Sunday, he added that complicated history with sports when he became the first president in office to attend the Super Bowl.
After a flight from Florida to New Orleans, the Republican president was involved in honorary coin toss, including relatives of victims of New Year’s terrorist attacks in the city’s historic French district, as well as members of the police department and emergency situation. I was expected to meet. manager.
Two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs face the Philadelphia Eagles The two-time defending champions’ chiefs have decided to remove the “end racism” slogan stenciled in the endzone since 2021 Trump then appears at Caesars Superdome.
Trump recently ordered the cancellation of programs that encourage diversity, equity and inclusion across the federal government, with some critics viewing the league’s decision as a response to the Republican president’s actions. However, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said it was inconsistent with the Trump administration’s efforts to end the federal government’s DEI program.
Trump, who attended the Super Bowl in 1992, believes Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the maker, will win.
“I think I have to say that when the quarterback wins as much as he wins, I have to say I have to go with Kansas City,” Trump said in a pre-game show with Brett Baier on the Fox News Channel. He spoke in an interview aired on. Trump said Mahomes “truly knows how to win.” He’s a great, great quarterback. ”
The president played soccer as a student at the New York Military Academy. As a New York businessman in the early 1980s, he owned the New Jersey General of the US Football League. Trump had pleaded for forced mergers between the USFL and NFL. The USFL was eventually folded.
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During his first term as president, friction existed between Trump and the NFL.
Trump has had problems with players kneeling during the national anthem in order to protest social or racial injustice. The move began in 2016, when then 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was on his knees during “The Star-Spangled Banner” during an exhibition game in Denver.
Trump has insisted that players support the national anthem through social media and other public comments, calling on team owners to fire players who have fallen on their knees.
“Would you like to meet one of these NFL owners? When someone is disrespecting our flag, you say, “Get a bitch son from the field now. Outside. ! He was fired,” Trump cried out loud at a 2017 rally in Hunstville, Alabama.
Trump is expected to see the game, among other things, from the company boxes of house speakers Mike Johnson and Mike Johnson. Trump was in Missouri and Pennsylvania, and was represented by the game on his way to the second season in November.
His interest in sports goes beyond football. Trump is an avid golfer who owns multiple golf courses and has held tournaments. He sponsored a boxing match at a previous casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and entered a UFC match at Madison Square Garden a few weeks after winning his second term.
Trump played golf with Tiger Woods on Sunday morning in Florida. There, the president spent the weekend, the White House said.
Some NFL team owners have donated to his campaign, and Trump maintains friendship with Herschel Walker and Dougfurtie, who played for the general. Trump approved Walker’s failed bid as a Republican candidate for the US Senate seat in Georgia in 2022 and tapped him to become the Bahamas ambassador.
Last week, Trump signed an order aimed at blocking trans women and girls from competing in sports by targeting federal funds from schools they failed to comply.
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In a pre-game statement, Trump said that Chiefs and Eagles coaches, players and staff will “restore team safety and fairness and restore equal opportunities for teams.” It represents the hopes and dreams of young athletes.”
In an interview, Northwestern University politics professor and diversity expert Alvin Tilletley said the NFL’s decision to remove the “racism” slogan has resulted in the league being “to turn billions of dollars into a black man organization.” He said it was “shameful” considering that he was doing so. . ”
He said he should explain who the NFL is trying to please. The NFL said “choosing love” in one of the Super Bowl’s end zones is stenciling “choices” to encourage the country after a string of tragedy so far this year. He injured 14 people and dozens more.
Tilly wasn’t sure. “I think they’ve got it removed because Trump is coming,” he said.
