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President Donald Trump delivered the start of the University of Alabama on Thursday night and won the audience.
Trump dominated the state at last year’s election, so he already had a home crowd advantage, but he earned bonus points by talking a lot about the school’s athletic programs.
The president called the university a “special place … where legends are made.”
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President Donald Trump delivers starting notes at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, ala., May 1, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
“There is something really special about the players, coaches and fans who pack the stadium and proudly sing ‘Dixieland Delight.’ We like it.
“Crimson Tide does not rest, ends not ending, and does not stop winning until it is all the time. You always win. Therefore, the University of Alabama Football team has won more matches in the last decade than any college football team in America. It’s not bad. That’s why, last fall you beat Auburn for the fifth year in a number.
Jam Miller (26) from Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates after his receiving touchdown with Kadyn Proctor (74) during the first quarter of Bryant-Denny Stadium September 28, 2024 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
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Trump also shouted the gentlemen’s basketball team, who reached his first Final Four in the program history.
“Not only is Alabama a big football school, it’s now one of the country’s best basketball schools,” he said.
Trump also praised the women’s banquet team, who won the SEC, before promising again that transnry athletes do not participate in girls and women’s sports.
The football team lost reliable bowl to Michigan, its second straight bowl loss to Wolverines, beating them in Rose Bowl on the way to 2024 National Championship.
President Donald Trump is shaking his hands with former Alabama Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban at Coleman Coliseum at the University of Alabama May 1, 2025 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Trump participated in the Crimson Tides ’41 -34 victory over Georgia last season before the election.
