West Palm Beach, Fall. (AP) – as a student’s position, Donald Trump Play high school football. As a business barren, he Was owned by a team A top NFL rival and then tried for the established league. As president, he Professionals Who dropped during the national anthem as part of the social justice movement.
On Sunday, it added to this complex date with the game when he becomes The first president in the office to attend a super bowl.
In New Orleans’s Supermodome, Trump’s appearance twice pursues the NFL’s decision to watch the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs to compete with the Philadelphia Eagles. Remove the slogans of “End Racism” Which has been stainable on the closing zone from 2021.
Trump has recently ordered the cancellation of programs that encourage Diversity, equation and join The federal government and some critics view the league’s decision as a response to the Republican president’s action. But NFL Commissioner Roger Godel said the league Diversity policies The Trump administration does not contradict the federal government’s DEI programs.
In 1992, Trump, who participated in the Super Bowl, refused to select parties in Sunday’s match -up despite public comments and social media posts, suggesting a commitment to Kansas City.
Last week, when he was asked which team would win, Trump said, “I don’t want to say, but there is a special quarterback that seems to be a great winner.” This is visible to the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes.
Trump also congratulated the Chiefs in January after winning the AFC Championship.
The President played football as a student at the New York Military Academy. In the early 1980s, as a New York trader, he New Jersey was owned by generals Of the United States Football League. Trump tried to force USFL and NFL to forcing them. The USFL eventually added.
As president, there was an rubbing between Trump and the NFL during his first term.
Trump raised the matter with players’ knee -leaving During the national anthem to protest against social or ethnic injustice. The movement began in 2016 by the then 49ers quarterback Colin Caprink with knees during the “The Star Spanged Banner” during an exhibition game in Denver.
Trump, through social media and other public comments, insisted that the players stand for the national anthem and demanded the team owners to dismiss any of the knee players.
“Wouldn’t you like to see any of these NFL owners; Has fired
It is expected that Trump will get to watch the game from House Speaker Mike Johnson, a box from Ra La’s company. On the way to the second term in November, Trump won Missouri and Pennsylvania – which was represented in the game.
His interest in sports goes beyond football. Trump is a hobby golfer who owns numerous golf courses and has hosted the tournament. He patronized boxing matches at his former casino bases in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and UFC participated in the match Weeks after winning the second term in Madison Square Garden.
Some NFL team owners have donated their campaigns, and Trump maintains friendship with Herschelle Walker and Dog Floty, who played for generals. Trump confirmed Walker’s failed bid In 2022 as a Republican candidate for the US Senate seat from Georgia, and he has tapped to become it Ambassador to Bahamas.
Trump signed an order last week Transjender Women and Girls Stop competing in women’s sports By targeting federal funding for schools that fail to comply.
Elon Tylary, a professor of North Western University and a diversity expert, said in an interview that NFL’s decision to remove the slogan of “closing racism” was “shameful” that the league “on the bodies of black men” Massively makes billions of dollars.
He said that the NFL should explain who to be happy. NFL said that after many tragedies so far this year, the country has been chosen to “choose love” in an closing zone for the Super Bowl for encouragement of the country, in which New Year’s Day of New Orleans The host city includes New Year’s truck attacks. 14 people and dozens of injured.
Telri was not sure. “I think they removed it because Trump came to him,” he said.
