“That’s History In The Building”: Trump Takes Over Super Bowl As First Sitting POTUS To Attend NFL’s Big Game
deadline.comNo matter if it is the reigning champs Kansas City Chiefs or 2018 winners the Philadelphia Eagles who triumph today at Super Bowl LIX, Donald Trump has already scored a political touchdown. “That’s history in the building,” the Fox team declared as Trump walked on to the field at the Super Dome just before kickoff to an equal mix of jeers and cheers.
Shaking hands with the Chiefs’ Chris Jones, Trump then held a very public and very quick meet and greet with some of the family members of victims in the January 1 attack on Bourbon Street and emergency responders who were there that terrible morning.
Arriving at Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans about 45 minutes earlier on Air Force One with the full pageantry of the presidency at his back, Trump made news on the plane with more on taking over Canada, Elon Musk, upcoming tariffs and declaring “Gulf of America Day.” Scoring the coverage and footage he desired, taking over the Super Bowl and getting in the household of a vast number of Americans today is a classic Trump move.
Heavy handed, self-aggrandizing hype and a near certain success in doing what any other major American politician would have been afraid to do.
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