The positive greeting fits with how Alabama votes politically, as Trump has a 59 percent approval in the state, compared to 37 percent of residents who do not approve.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Nearly two weeks after getting roundly booed at a World Series game in Washington D.C., President Donald J. Trump was cheered loudly at the biggest college football game of the regular season.
Fans below him in Section JJ turned and pointed to Trump soon after he walked in. He was surrounded by suit-clad Secret Service members in the suite. Unlike his appearance at the national title game in January of 2018, Trump was not on the field pre-game for the national anthem. Alabama officials introduced him at the first break in the game, prompting the round of cheers. The cheer for Trump was similar to the one for coach Nick Saban, who led the Crimson Tide out of the tunnel at 2:38 p.m.
Trump’s arrival at Bryant-Denny Stadium marks his third appearance at a major sporting event in the past two weeks. He was roundly booed at Game 5 of the World Series in Washington D.C. on Oct. 29. A week ago, he attended a UFC event at Madison Square Garden and was greeted with mixed reaction from the crowd in New York City.
The trappings of a friendly greeting for the president were spotted all around the campus on Saturday morning. The crowd arrived early, wise to the logistical headaches that typically accompany presidential visits. TRUMP 2020 sign hanging on the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity across from Bryant-Denny stadium. #LSUvsAlabama pic.twitter.com/ttKgaIaUw2Former Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville, who is running for a Republican Senate seat here, planned to spend the day campaigning on campus at Alabama. It created the odd juxtaposition of a former coach in college football’s most heated rivalry shaking hands on the campus of a school that was once a nemesis.
“I think he’s still extremely popular here,” said Howell Raines, the former executive editor of The New York Times, who hails from Alabama, in a phone interview. “He got 62 percent of the vote in the general election. I have every expectation that he’s still in that range of popularity.”
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