{"id":2414392,"date":"2025-03-23T09:12:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T13:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-2nd-lt-salutes-trump-after-historic-upset-at-ncaa-wrestling-championship\/"},"modified":"2025-03-23T09:12:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T13:12:02","slug":"air-force-2nd-lt-salutes-trump-after-historic-upset-at-ncaa-wrestling-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-2nd-lt-salutes-trump-after-historic-upset-at-ncaa-wrestling-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force 2nd Lt salutes Trump after historic upset at NCAA wrestling championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fair-force-2nd-lt-salutes-trump-after-historic-upset-at-ncaa-wrestling-championship%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2414392&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Air Force 2nd Lt salutes Trump after historic upset at NCAA wrestling championship: &lsquo;Won him that national title&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2062584\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Oklahoma State University student and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/air-force\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Air Force\">Air Force<\/a> second lieutenant Wyatt Hendrickson won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/3351453\/patrick-morissey-ncaa-tournament-snub-wvu-mens-basketball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Air Force\">NCAA<\/a> heavyweight wrestling title Saturday with President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3349542\/trump-kennedy-center-board-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump \">Donald Trump <\/a>in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>This was the first time Trump had attended the championship as the sitting president. He had, however, previously attended in 2023. As the president entered Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his first visit to the state since entering office, the crowd met him with cheers and &ldquo;USA&rdquo; chants. Trump shook the hands of fans as he walked in.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3355263\/trump-impoundment-control-act-supreme-court\/\">Inside the esoteric constitutional dispute that could completely transform the federal government<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3355615\/democrats-dilemma-raise-hell-or-find-compromise-with-gop\/\">Democrats&rsquo; big dilemma: &lsquo;Raise hell&rsquo; or find compromise with GOP?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3356205\/dc-metro-target-exceed-one-million-daily-riders\/\">DC Metro on target to exceed 1 million daily riders<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680; WATCH: President Trump enters the Wells Fargo Center arena for the Division I NCAA wrestling championships <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AjfVVLP3A6\">pic.twitter.com\/AjfVVLP3A6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1903591403910803534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hendrickson beat 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Olympic<\/a> gold medalist Gable Steveson, who had a 99-2 record and hadn&rsquo;t lost an NCAA match since the 2018-2019 season. The final score was 5-4 following Hendrickson&rsquo;s third-period comeback. Steveson led by a score of 4-2 with thirty seconds left on the clock and Hendrickson achieved a takedown against the two-time national champion, which won him the match.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after winning, Hendrickson pointed to Trump in the crowd and saluted him. Hendrickson draped himself in an American flag before approaching Trump to shake his hand. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and his son also approached the wrestler to hug him after his exchange with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He said he&rsquo;s very proud of me,&rdquo; Hendrickson told a reporter. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m very proud of that. He came here to support his troops. I put on a show for him. I won him that national title.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wyatt Hendrickson &mdash; a second lieutenant in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usairforce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@usairforce<\/a> &mdash; salutes President Donald J. Trump after winning an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAAWrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NCAAWrestling<\/a> national championship &#127482;&#127480; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KK4ngwH7mW\">pic.twitter.com\/KK4ngwH7mW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1903633710462775472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After two years of wrestling for Air Force, Hendrickson transferred to OSU, which holds the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/NCAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">NCAA<\/a> record with&nbsp;143 individual titles and 34 team titles. This year the team title went to Penn State, as Oklahoma hasn&rsquo;t had its team win since 2006.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump, greets Oklahoma State&rsquo;s Wyatt Hendrickson reacts after he defeated Minnesota&rsquo;s Gable Steveson during a 285-pound match in the finals at the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3353691\/georgetown-student-detained-ice-student-visa-revoked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>GEORGETOWN STUDENT DETAINED BY ICE, HAD STUDENT VISA REVOKED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;GO POKES! @CowboyWrestling&rsquo;s WYATT HENDRICKSON just pulled a huge upset. Huge moment for the sport, @okstate, and [American flag emoji],&rdquo; Mullin wrote on X. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GO POKES! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CowboyWrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CowboyWrestling<\/a>&rsquo;s WYATT HENDRICKSON just pulled a huge upset. Huge moment for the sport, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/okstate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@okstate<\/a>, and &#127482;&#127480;&#127482;&#127480;&#127482;&#127480; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aZ2UETIa6Q\">pic.twitter.com\/aZ2UETIa6Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Markwayne Mullin (@SenMullin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMullin\/status\/1903636057486147653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s last major sporting event was the Super Bowl in February, making history as the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2062584\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2062584\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air Force 2nd Lt salutes Trump after historic upset at NCAA wrestling championship: \u2018Won him that national title\u2019 Oklahoma State University student and Air Force second lieutenant Wyatt Hendrickson won the NCAA heavyweight wrestling title Saturday with President Donald Trump in attendance. 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