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Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh defended his recent meeting with President Donald Trump in the White House when a journalist confronted the coach on this subject on Wednesday.
Harbaugh and several family members – including his brother, Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh – were invited to the White House earlier this month.
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Baltimore chief coach Ravens John Harbaugh talks to journalists after an NFL football match against Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday December 21, 2024 in Baltimore. (AP photo / Nick Wass)
During his media availability at the Ravens training camp on Wednesday, a journalist asked a question on the visit of the previous comments of Trump criticizing Baltimore as a city.
The Ravens coach criticized the journalist for the framing of the issue and insisted that he “rooted” the president.
“How you supervised this question – I would have supervised this question like:” You were lucky to visit the President, Man. What did this experience look like? “” Said Harbaugh. “It was incredible. It was great. And I promise you that I am rooted for our president. I want our president to succeed, just as I want my quarter to succeed, and I want my team to succeed, and it was an incredible experience. It is not often invited, and you are lucky to do something like that with family.”
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Harbaugh then told his experiences and his brother to meet the former presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan.
Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh is talking at a press conference at the NFL football scout combination in Indianapolis on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. (APPO / Michael Conroy)
“And this is the fourth president [I’ve met]. Now Jim has met seven [presidents]. Jim met seven presidents, so he has his head on me. I think he pointed out that; Have you noticed this? He has seven; I’m four.
“So, I had the chance to meet the president [Barack] Obama twice. Incredible experience. I had the chance to meet the president [Joe] Biden when he was vice-president in Iraq, and I spent a lot of time with him in Iraq, which was incredible.
“And then [when I was] 24 or 25 years old, Jim was invited to the White House to meet the president [Ronald] Reagan because he was a candidate for the Heisman trophy, and we were able to go with the family, so I met President Reagan. I have a photo in my office. So these are moments that I cherish definitively, and it means a lot. “”
Meanwhile, Jim Harbaugh spoke positively about the visit at a press conference last Wednesday.
Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh launched football on the ground before the match against the Buccaneers of Tampa Bay at the Sofi stadium in Inglewood, California, on December 15, 2024. (Images Jayne Kamin-Ocea-Imagn)
“There is a lot of gratitude to be invited to the White House to meet the president with my family, my mother and my father. President Trump was simply great for my mother and my father. It meant so much. My brother John; his daughter Allison; my two daughters, Addie and Katie; and my sister Joanie; and my niece Ainsley.
“I mean, who is invited to the White House with eight other family members and is not going?”
