(AP) — Donald Trump became the first sitting president in nearly a half-century at a regular-season NFL game, attending the Washington Commanders’ 44-22 loss to the visiting Detroit Lions on Sunday.
The jeering continued while Trump read an oath for members of the military to recite as part of an on-field enlistment ceremony during the break in the game.
“I’m a little bit late,” Trump told reporters earlier when he got off Air Force One after landing at Joint Base Andrews, following a flyover of Northwest Stadium during the game.
“I heard Trump was going to be at the game,” St. Brown said afterward.
“I don’t know how many times the president’s going to be at the game, so just decided to have some fun.”.
Lions coach Dan Campbell said he was too consumed by the game itself to notice that Trump had arrived, “But that’s cool.
Only two other times did a president go to an NFL game during the regular season while in office, according to the league: Richard Nixon in 1969 and Jimmy Carter in 1978. »
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