President Donald Trump ought to go to the New England Patriots massive sport Sunday.
He might shock the sports activities world by sitting up within the proprietor’s field with Robert Kraft, his one-time buddy, to observe the Patriots tackle the Buffalo Payments for division dominance and a pathway to the Tremendous Bowl.
Kraft would have needed to invite him, in fact. Trump in return might assist Kraft — turned down for the thirteenth time final week — to lastly get within the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame.
Whereas Trump didn’t enter the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Corridor of Fame, he is aware of his means round peace prizes. That’s the reason he was awarded the primary FIFA (Worldwide Federation of Affiliation Soccer) Peace Prize through the World Cup ceremony in Washington every week in the past.
So, an invitation from Kraft would have been good. However Trump being Trump might invite himself.
And what higher means for Trump to take a look at his reputation in a state he has by no means carried by displaying up on a New England wintry day earlier than a packed stadium of 65,875 cheering followers and a nationwide tv viewers?
The Gillette Stadium response to Trump can be extra significant than any slanted public opinion ballot performed by progressives polling progressives. He by no means wins these.
And Trump, a golfer, is a authentic sports activities fan who has no must faux it in terms of attending sporting occasions like so many different politicians do.
Trump loves sports activities, he reveals up for video games. If he isn’t on the video games, he brings the sporting occasion to him, as he’ll do in June when the UFC (Final Preventing Championship) sponsors eight or 9 combined martial arts (MMA) fights on the South Garden of the White Home. Trump is a giant fan.
It’s the first time younger males will beat different younger males to a pulp on the White Home fairly than downtown Washington. The fights might be like beat-down carjackings with out the automotive or muggings with out the cops.
And Trump, in fact, might be in attendance, as he needs to be on the Patriots’ sport.
When is the final time you noticed Gov. Maura Healey at an MMA battle, not to mention a Patriots sport?”
You most likely by no means will till they permit transgender quarterbacks. And does Sen. Elizabeth Warren even know the place Gillette Stadium is?
Boston Mayor Michele Wu doesn’t present up at any video games both, most likely as a result of she will’t tax Foxboro the way in which she taxes Boston.
Trump loves winners. And irrespective of the way you take a look at it, the Patriots are winners, simply as he was in 2024 when few gave him an opportunity of ever being elected once more.
Few, together with the sports activities writers, gave the Patriots a lot hope within the 2025 season. The political writers in 2024 wrote Trump off, too.
However look what occurred. Trump succeeded hapless Joe Biden and Coach Mike Vrabel changed winless Coach Jerod Mayo, and each he and the Patriots grew to become winners once more.
Trump might bond with Patriot followers who, like him, know what it takes to have made the New England Patriots nice once more.
He might make his shock go to as a cease on his tour of the nation, touting his financial achievements that started final week in Pennsylvania.
Trump and Kraft have a historical past collectively. Trump hosted Kraft and the Tremendous Bowl-winning Patriots on the White Home in 2017 and 2019. Kraft was a supporter and monetary contributor to Trump earlier than distancing himself from Trump following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.
Trump is just not working once more and doesn’t want Kraft or any votes from Massachusetts.
However he’s massive on celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the enduring democracy of the USA.
That revolution was a world-changing historic occasion that was began by a bunch of patriots in Boston.
And the Patriots are scorching once more, similar to Trump.
Veteran political reporter Peter Lucas may be reached at: peter.lucas@bostonherald.com
