President Donald Trump welcomed Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House to celebrate their World Cup in 2024 over New York Yankees.
When Trump proclaimed the performance of the team and its star players, he took a little jab at Boston Red Sox to trade Mookie Betts for Dodgers before the 2020 season. Since then, Dodgers has won two World Series titles with Betts on the team and is ready to drive it back again in 2025.
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President Donald Trump, right, greets Mookie Betts during a ceremony to honor Major League Baseball 2024 World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the Eastern Room of the White House Monday, April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump recognized the deal that Dodgers made.
“Mookie Betts, oh he’s good,” Trump said before shaking the star player’s hand. “That guy can play, he can’t? I mean, incredible. I won’t say I saw him when he was at Boston, but I did.
“I didn’t think it was a particularly good deal when they made it and I happened to be right.”
President Trump is a fan of New York Yankees and mentioned as such during his speech. He also talked about the difficulty of sitting next to the deceased Yankee’s owner George Steinbrenner during a game.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts, Left, Shohei Ohtani, Center and Clayton Kershaw listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony to honor Major League Baseball 2024 World Cup in East of the White House Monday 7 April 2025 in Washington, DC (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Boston traded Betts and David Price for Dodgers for Jeter Downs, Alex Verdugo and Connor Wong on February 10, 2020. Wong is still with Red Sox, Downs Player in Japan, Verdugo played for Yankees last season and is currently at Atlanta Breas ’40 -mand post.
Red Sox last won the World Series in 2018 with both Betts and Price on the team. The former pitcher withdrew from baseball in 2022.
Los Angeles Dodgers appointed hitter Shohei Ohtani, #17, celebrating after his two-run home driving with teammate Mookie Betts, #50, during the third round of a baseball match against Washington Nationals Monday, April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Betts was 1-for-4 with an RBI on Monday night against Washington Nationals. He hits 0.306 with three home runs so far this year.
