Donald Trump will get a cheer as first US president to attend Tremendous Bowl; Taylor Swift will get booed

Donald Trump (left), Taylor Swift

Donald Trump turned the primary sitting US president to attend a Tremendous Bowl, touring from Florida to New Orleans onboard Air Drive on Sunday to look at the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs play the Philadelphia Eagles on the Caesars Superdome.
Throughout his flight to New Orleans, Trump signed a proclamation declaring February 9 “the primary ever Gulf of America Day” as Air Drive One flew over the physique of water that he renamed by proclamation from the Gulf of Mexico.

Earlier than the sport, Trump met with contributors within the honorary coin toss, together with kin of victims of a New Yr’s Day assault in New Orleans, native cops, and emergency personnel.

Trump was met with cheers and a mixture of boos as he arrived on the Superdome for the sport.

Trump, who has a protracted historical past with soccer, performed the game in highschool and owned the New Jersey Generals within the now-defunct United States Soccer League (USFL) within the Nineteen Eighties. He later sued the NFL in an try to drive a merger with the USFL.
Throughout his first time period as president, Trump criticized NFL gamers who kneeled throughout the nationwide anthem to protest racial injustice. At a 2017 rally in Alabama, he mentioned, “Would not you like to see certainly one of these NFL homeowners, when any individual disrespects our flag, you’d say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the sphere proper now. Out! He is fired.'”
Trump watched the Tremendous Bowl from a collection with a number of Republican lawmakers, together with Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott and Home Speaker Mike Johnson. He saluted throughout the nationwide anthem. Kansas Metropolis quarterback Patrick Mahomes‘ household visited Trump within the suite.
In an interview aired throughout the Fox Information pregame present, Trump predicted a Kansas Metropolis victory. “I suppose it’s important to say that when a quarterback wins as a lot as he is gained, I’ve to go along with Kansas Metropolis,” he mentioned. “He is an important, nice quarterback.”
The NFL just lately eliminated “Finish Racism” slogans from the top zones, a call some have linked to Trump’s latest order canceling federal range, fairness, and inclusion applications. Nonetheless, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell mentioned the league’s range insurance policies aren’t affected by the administration’s stance. The league changed the message with “Select Love” for the Tremendous Bowl, referencing latest tragedies, together with the New Yr’s Day assault in New Orleans.
Trump has longstanding ties to sports activities past soccer. He’s an avid golfer, owns a number of programs, and has hosted tournaments. On the identical day because the Tremendous Bowl, he performed golf with Tiger Woods in Florida. He has additionally attended boxing and UFC occasions. Some NFL group homeowners have donated to Trump’s campaigns, and he has maintained friendships with former gamers like Herschel Walker and Doug Flutie.
Final week, Trump signed an order affecting transgender participation in girls’s sports activities by limiting federal funding for colleges that don’t comply. In an announcement earlier than the Tremendous Bowl, he mentioned the Chiefs and Eagles “characterize the hopes and goals of our Nation’s younger athletes as we restore security and equity in sports activities and equal alternatives amongst their groups.”

Taylor Swift will get booed

Taylor Swift attended the Tremendous Bowl once more to look at Travis Kelce and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs play the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.
In contrast to final 12 months, her reception was totally different. Whereas she was loudly cheered upon arriving on the recreation in Las Vegas, this time she was booed by a largely pro-Eagles crowd when proven on the video boards contained in the Superdome throughout a first-quarter break.

Seated subsequent to rapper Ice Spice, Swift reacted with a side-eye and a slight nostril wrinkle upon realizing the booing was aimed toward her.