President Donald Trump will end up being the very first sitting United States president to go to the Super Bowl face to face this Sunday, browsing a complex relationship with the NFL and a history of linking politics and sports.
The president will exist at the Superdome in New Orleans for the clash in between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. While the video game itself will be the primary focus, Trump’s responses will unquestionably draw attention.
The Kansas City Chiefs will deal with the Philadelphia Eagles in the 59th Super Bowl, after Patrick Mahomes led his side to a thrilling 32-29 win over the Costs.
The Chiefs are now the very first back-to-back champs to go back to the Super Bowl, having actually won the previous 2 editions, and they are targeting an unmatched ‘three-peat’ in 2025.
It is likewise the 5th time in the last 6 years that the Chiefs have actually reached the Super Bowl, winning 3 of the last 5.
Trump’s go to comes simply weeks after the start of his 2nd term, marked by executive orders targeting migration and federal government variety programs. His existence at the Super Bowl, an ultimate American occasion that goes beyond political divides, provides a distinct background for the Republican president.
It likewise highlights the contrast in between Trump’s order to remove federal government variety, equity and addition efforts with the NFL’s choice to stick to its own efforts to promote addition.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who might enter contact with Trump at the video game, stated on Monday he had no strategies to downsize NFL variety programs.
The league is not putting the expression “End Bigotry” behind one of completion zones, something it has actually done considering that 2021, changing that instruction with another one: “Pick Love.”
Throughout his very first term in workplace Trump slammed the league and its members after Black gamers kneeled throughout the U.S. nationwide anthem to accentuate racial oppression.
In 2015, as a governmental prospect, Trump ran advertisements throughout football video games blasting his Democratic challenger, previous Vice President Kamala Harris, for her position on transgender rights. “Kamala’s for they/them; President Trump is for you,” the advertisement stated.
It showed efficient, and Trump has actually continued his crackdown on trans rights from the White Home, recently signing an executive order looking for to leave out transgender women and ladies from female sports.
He will be among lots of stars at the video game. Super star vocalist Taylor Swift, who is dating Chiefs gamer Travis Kelce, is likewise anticipated to be in the arena. She backed Harris in the 2024 election.