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President Donald Trump will attend Sunday’s game between the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions at Northwest Field in Landover, Maryland.
Trump will be on hand to celebrate the veterans ceremony at halftime of the game, joining Commanders owner Josh Harris in the owner’s suite. Pat McAfee first announced the news, citing “sources.” The Trump administration later confirmed the news by sharing McAfee’s report on social media.
This will mark the first NFL game Trump has attended this season. He was at Super Bowl LIX, won by the Philadelphia Eagles over the Kansas City Chiefs, in New Orleans.
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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump attends a game between the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Jets in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on October 20, 2024. (Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images)
September was a whirlwind for the president, who attended the US Open men’s final, a New York Yankees game exactly 24 years after the September 11 attacks and Friday afternoon’s Ryder Cup – all in New York.
Trump also attended a Pittsburgh Steelers game last year.
Trump won’t be able to see Jayden Daniels in action as the Commanders quarterback dislocated his left elbow after an awkward tackle in their blowout loss Sunday to the Seattle Seahawks.
The game is a rematch of last year’s NFC Divisional Round, which the Commanders won, surprisingly ending the Lions’ season in which they had earned the No. 1 seed.
A general view of Northwest Stadium before the game between the Chicago Bears and the Washington Commanders. (Peter Casey/Imagn Images)
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Trump found himself at loggerheads with the Commanders organization earlier this year, threatening to halt the team’s plans to build a new stadium in the nation’s capital if they didn’t bring back their old “Redskins” moniker.
“My statement about the Washington Redskins is totally blown, but only in a very positive way,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “I can put a restriction on them that if they don’t change the name back to the original ‘Washington Redskins’ and get rid of the ridiculous moniker, ‘Washington Commanders,’ I will not make a deal for them to build a stadium in Washington. The team would be much more valuable and the deal would be more exciting for everyone.”
Trump also called the commanders “Washington ‘Whatever’s,'” adding that the Cleveland Guardians should do the same. But for now, the sides seem to have buried the hatchet.
Both teams’ front offices have said there are no plans to return to their old names or even change them again in any way.
An image of a Washington Redskins helmet and logo before the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins at AT&T Stadium. (Jerome Miron/USA TODAY Sports)
The news of Trump’s attendance followed the Pentagon’s announcement earlier that, due to the government shutdown, there are no funds for potential flyovers or similar events throughout the NFL’s “Salute to Service” campaign this weekend.
The game starts at 4:25 PM ET.
