President Trump will attend the Super Bowl, marking the first time an incumbent president has done so. This comes after the NFL removed the 'End Racism' slogans from end zones, sparking accusations of a response to the Trump administration's efforts to end diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell denies any conflict, while critics question the league's motives.
and then sued the established league. As president, he denigrated pros who took a knee during the national anthem as part of a social justice movement.
Last week, when asked which team would win, Trump said, “I don’t want to say, but there’s a certain quarterback that seems to be a pretty good winner.” That appeared to be a reference to the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes.The president played football as a student at the New York Military Academy. As a New York businessman in the early 1980s, he owned the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League. Trump had sued to force a merger of the USFL and the NFL. The USFL eventually folded.
Trump is expected to watch the game from a box in the company of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., among others. Trump won Missouri and Pennsylvania — the states represented in the game — on his way to a second term in November. Some NFL team owners have donated to his campaigns and Trump maintains friendships with Herschel Walker and Doug Flutie, who played for the Generals. Trump endorsed Walker's unsuccessful bid as the Republican candidate for a U.S. Senate seat from Georgia in 2022, and has tapped him to become ambassador to the Bahamas.
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