President Trump arrived in New Orleans on Sunday, the primary sitting president to attend a Tremendous Bowl, with the wind in his sails.
He began the day on the course with the golf legend Tiger Woods (they’ve each been engaged on a merger between the PGA Tour and the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit). He issued a proclamation making it “Gulf of America Day” whereas on Air Drive One, ceremoniously cementing his govt order final month to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
Of higher significance, he introduced that, beginning Monday, he would impose a 25 p.c tariff on all international metal and aluminum imports into america. He additionally mentioned he nonetheless supposed to maneuver ahead with taking up the Gaza Strip, which he described as a “big real estate site” that america was “going to own.”
He criticized a decide’s ruling in opposition to efforts by Elon Musk’s cost-cutting crew to achieve entry to Treasury techniques. And he defended his first three weeks in workplace, which have prompted huge strife throughout the nation and the globe.
That was all earlier than the sport began.
Mr. Trump was met with cheers and a mixture of boos as he arrived on the Superdome for the sport, between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. Amongst his entourage have been his son Eric Trump and Eric’s spouse, Lara Trump; his daughter Ivanka Trump; and a number of other Republican leaders.
Additionally on the sport is the previous first woman Jill Biden, an avid Eagles fan, and her grandson, Beau Biden’s son Hunter. Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr., whose safety clearance Mr. Trump revoked on Friday, was not in attendance.
Mr. Trump and his courtiers have been escorted to a set on the Superdome, the place he was seen standing for the nationwide anthem and saluting.
In excerpts from an interview that aired earlier Sunday, Mr. Trump instructed the Fox Information anchor Bret Baier that he had chosen to attend the Tremendous Bowl as a result of he thought it will be a “good thing” for the spirit of the nation, which he mentioned has “taken on a whole new life.”
Requested who he thought would win the sport, Mr. Trump praised the quarterbacks of each groups, however he in the end mentioned he’d go together with Kansas Metropolis based mostly on the document of its star quarterback, Patrick Mahomes — who, he added, had “a phenomenal wife” (Brittany Mahomes) who occurred to be a “Trump fan.”
“It’s going to be just a great game,” Mr. Trump mentioned.
