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Trump attends New York Yankees 9/11 anniversary game

Trump attends New York Yankees 9/11 anniversary game

McKenna Snow
McKenna Snow
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Trump attends New York Yankees 9/11 anniversary game

President Donald Trump traveled to New York on Thursday to attend the NY Yankees 9/11 solemn anniversary game, hours after giving a ceremonial speech at the Pentagon honoring the victims and first responders of the tragedy.

FOX reported that Trump met with the Yankees team before the game began, and encouraged the team that they would win. 

“You’re gonna go all the way. Can you get in the playoff? I think. How about tonight? We start tonight, and you’re gonna do well,” Trump said, according to FOX.

FOX reported that when Trump arrived to his suite in the stadium, there was a mixed ovation in the stadium and many cheers.

Crowds at the stadium also broke out into chants of “USA,” which Trump supported.

The Yankees also posted to X marking the solemn commemoration of the anniversary. 

“Tonight, we remember those we lost, the heroism of all who bravely sacrificed their own lives to save others, and those who died from illnesses obtained at Ground Zero,” the post read. “Their spirit lives on today with our First Responders and all who serve our communities and our country.”

The post also included photos from the National Anthem, crowds holding American flags, and Trump, adding: “The 45th and 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump was in attendance to honor the victims and first responders on the anniversary of September 11th, 2001.”

FOX reported that much of the stadium cheered when Trump, who was saluting, was shown on the big screen during the National Anthem. 

The Yankees won the game 9-3.

Earlier in the day, Trump gave a speech in Washington, DC, saying that in memory of the victims of 9/11, “we make a solemn pledge and a noble promise: we will honor — always — our great heroes.”

“We will defend the nation they served, the values they upheld, and the freedom for which they died,” he said, as CatholicVote previously reported. “We will support our troops, we will protect our families, and we will preserve the American way of life for every future generation. We will build taller, grow stronger, fight harder, and soar higher. And together, we will go forward as one people with one heart, one fate, one flag, and one glorious destiny under one Almighty God.”

Yankees Manager Aaron Boone, and pitchers Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodón placed a ceremonial wreath at the base of the Yankee’s Stadium Monument Park honoring the victims of Sept. 11, 2001, according to a report on MLB.com.

MLB reports that also in honor of the victims of 9/11, “all Yankees uniformed personnel wore the caps of New York City’s first responder agencies during Thursday’s game.”

The Yankees posted to X that they also observed a moment of silence honoring “the victims, survivors, heroes, and all those impacted by the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001.” The day before, the Yankees also solemnly honored Charlie Kirk, who had been killed that afternoon at a speaking event at a Utah college campus.

Before the Sept. 10 game, the Yankees held a moment of silence in the stadium in honor of him.

Former MLB Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker reposted a video on X of the stadium showing a photo of Kirk on its jumbo-tron captioned: “Remembering Charlie Kirk”.