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New York – Thursday evening in New York has marked the first time since 2019 that an exercise president had attended a major league baseball match.
It was hardly the first sporting event that President Donald Trump has gone since the start of his second term, but he had a little additional juice.
Trump attended the New York Yankees 9-3 victory against Tigers de Detroit in the Bronx on the 24th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
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President Donald Trump poses a photo with New York Yankees members in the locker room before a baseball match against the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium on September 11, 2025 in New York. (Alex Brandon – Pool / Getty Images)
A few kilometers from Ground Zero, Trump received a mainly positive ovation of more than 40,000 people at the Yankee Stadium. However, the crowd was able to overcome the differences for several songs “USA” throughout the night.
“It was a great evening. Significant,” said the journalist Aaron Boone after the match. “Captain [Aaron Judge] I just talked about it, just make us all aligned together, first for the moment of silence, then back there for the anthem, and just this buzz that New York can create, you have definitely felt it tonight. Obviously, the president being here, just an additional layer. September baseball against a very good club. A special evening to be part of us, and I hope that none of us took it for granted. “”
Trump met the Yankees in the clubhouse and called the “fantastic player” judge. The AL title MVP (and the favorite to win again this year) responded by surrounding a home run in each of its first two at-bat and by linking Joe Dimaggio for the fourth place on the list of Home Runs of Yankees.
President Donald Trump welcomes Judge Aaron of Yankees and other players in the locker room before the Yankees baseball match against the Detroit Tigers at the Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York, September 11, 2025. (Doug Mills / Pool / AFP via Getty Images)
Aaron Judge strikes 2 circuits after meeting Trump, who called him a `fantastic player ” ‘
“It was significant to see your superstar go there and do it. And I know what it meant for Aaron. You know how important it is to represent this city as one of the faces of the city as a sports figure, that means a lot for him. Said.
The clock almost hit midnight during Trump’s visit to the Yankees – he entered the clubhouse around 6:40 p.m., and according to Boone, he had to arrive at 5.45 p.m..
But the skipper sounded as if the wait was worth it.
“It was great. I was there with Carlos [Rodon] and Gerrit [Cole] When he entered the doors of our clubhouse. It’s a bit intimidating, you are a little nervous, but it was great, “said Boone.” He is super in this context, really kind, took photos, hugged his hand. And then we entered the main area where the players were, and they were able to greet him.
President Donald Trump poses a photo with New York Yankees before a match against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, September 11, 2025 in New York. (AP photo / Alex Brandon, swimming pool)
“It was a really, really cool interaction, I think, for many people. Happy that he could have been here, and I think it meant a lot for many people. So certainly a cool experience.”
