New York (AP) – President Donald Trump Attended the New York Yankees While eliciting mixed reactions from the noisy crowd in a 9-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night, 24th anniversary of the attack on September 11th.
Authorities have installed security glass on the president outside the upper-level box suite belonging to the Stein Brenner family, which owns the Yankees above the Tigers dugout at Yankee Stadium.
Dressed in a suit and tie, Trump sat next to Yankees team president Randy Levine and chatted with him throughout the game, but he sat alone at other times. During the national anthem, the president appeared at Stadium Jumbotron, receiving boos from some of the crowd and cheering from others.
Trump stood and applauded as the judge hit a home run at the first bottom. So were Attorney General Pam Bondy and his close aides, including former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin, who is now head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
In two innings, Trump’s attendance was announced, and he was “in favor with the chief” on the big screen for a long time. He smiled and pumped his fist. The boos were heard at first, but many in the crowd finally cheered.
Presidential visits always encourage additional security at sporting events, but things have been raised after conservative activists and close Trump allies Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah on Wednesday. When Trump attended the September 11 observance ceremony at the Pentagon early Thursday, officials moved the ceremony inside as an additional precaution.
Trump attendees recalled the first pitch of President George W. Bush’s ritual 24 years ago when the Yankees played the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2001 World Series.
Later in Thursday’s game, when “YMCA” played, Trump spelled out a letter in his arm, but remained seated.
The president left shortly after his seventh stretch featuring the song “God Bless America,” as he traditionally said at the Yankees Games on September 11th. Trump was displayed quickly on the big screen three times, and the announcer thanked Trump, saying, “We welcome New York’s own unique, President 45th and 47th President.”
Among the crowds announced in the Bronx of nearly 41,000 people, this sparked cheers of “America! America!” And some hymns of Trump’s last name as he stood grinned and moved his fist downwards. Some of them booed in the crowd, but they cried out loud every time Trump was shown.
Before the match began, Trump stopped by the Yankee Clubhouse. He shook hands with players and team staff and talked with longtime Yankees owner George Steinbrenner about his years of approach. He found himself in a past game with Steinbrenner. “Every time we came we won.”
“You think it was sitting with him for the game? It wasn’t. It was cruel. But he wins and you’re going to win,” the president said.
Captain Aaron Judge called Trump a “surreal moment” and what inspired him and his teammates.
“We did a show,” the judge who hit two home runs said. Tie Joe Dimaggio Fourth in Yankees history. “He came here and he said we were going to win, so I think it gave everyone the confidence to go out into this room and do it. I think we have to take him more often.”
Just before Trump walked to convey the message, relief pitcher Fernando Cruz was the final player in the towel. His teammates urged him to get dressed immediately.
Manager Aaron Boone announced the Yankees shortstop before Trump arrived. Anthony Volpe played quietly There is a partial lip cleft on the left shoulder. Trump gently tapped Volpe on the shoulder as he greeted him.
With Trump on hand, all stadium entrances feature metal detectors and Secret Service agents, some with Sniffer dogs, but New York Police Station helicopters thundered overhead.
Authorities opened the gate three hours before the first pitch, and long lines began to form before that, but most of the crowd moved smoothly into the stadium. The Yankees said ticket holders were “strongly urged to arrive as soon as possible.” The Secret Service also asked fans to consider leaving their bags at home.
The faster lines have been the faster lines since Trump’s arrival at the US Open Men’s Finals last weekend in Queens. It sparked Security Line It was long enough that some fans didn’t get to sit for more than an hour of the game, despite organizers delaying the start each 30 minutes.
The Yankees game is Trump’s eighth major sporting event since returning to the White House in January. He attended Super Bowl In New Orleans, Daytona 500, The UFC fights in Miami and Newark, New Jersey, NCAA Wrestling Championships in PhiladelphiaFIFA Club World Cup Final Last weekend’s US Open match in Rutherford East, New Jersey.
The Yankee Stadium scoreboard featured a large Major League Baseball logo on top of the American flag, with a red, white and blue ribbon under the inscription “September 11, 2001, I won’t forget.”
The large American flag behind the Field Bleachers on the left, and the small flags of each of the 30 baseball teams, which ring the top levels of the stadium, have been reduced to half the price after Trump issued an executive order honoring Kirk.
Trump was born in Queens’ New York Borough and has lived in Florida in recent years, but White House spokesman Caroline Leavitt said the president would “remain a New Yorker of the Heart.” Still, Trump’s appearances at baseball games were not always welcomed by fans.
During his first term in 2019, Trump tried to make a modest appearance when Washingtonians hosted the Houston Astros in the World Series, but Boo round If it appears on a large screen of a stadium. There was even a chant saying, “Curtain him!”
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Associated Press Writer Larry Fleischer contributed to this report.
