{"id":2508572,"date":"2025-11-09T20:27:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T01:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-does-play-by-play-in-the-broadcast-booth-of-commanders-game\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T20:28:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T01:28:40","slug":"trump-does-play-by-play-in-the-broadcast-booth-of-commanders-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-does-play-by-play-in-the-broadcast-booth-of-commanders-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump does play-by-play in the broadcast booth of Commanders game"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Ftrump-does-play-by-play-in-the-broadcast-booth-of-commanders-game%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=2508572&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>Former president donald Trump made a rare appearance in the broadcast booth during the Washington commanders versus Detroit Lions NFL game, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to attend a regular-season NFL game since 1978. Arriving on Air Force One, which performed a flyover of the stadium in Landover, maryland, Trump participated in a halftime ceremony honoring the military ahead of Veterans Day and joined NFL announcers Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma for an on-air interview. During the broadcast, he discussed military recruitment, his brief football experience at the New York Military Academy, and shared his admiration for football legends Joe Namath and Drew Brees. trump even tried play-by-play commentary during a key moment in the game.Additionally,he spoke about his involvement with the planned new Commanders stadium in Washington,D.C., which might bear his name, while praising the team&#8217;s ownership and the stadium project&#8217;s progress.  <\/p>\n<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\">Trump does play-by-play in the broadcast booth of Commanders game<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2395897\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> made a rare appearance in the broadcast booth during the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-commanders\">Washington Commanders<\/a>-Detroit Lions game, during which he talked military recruitment and football and even tried his hand at some play-by-play announcing.<\/p>\n<p>Trump oddly made history on Sunday when he became the first sitting U.S. president to attend an NFL regular-season game since 1978. He also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3880625\/air-force-one-flyover-commanders-game\/\">flew<\/a> to the game on Air Force One, which conducted a flyover of Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3880625\/air-force-one-flyover-commanders-game\/\">Air Force One conducts flyover of Commanders-Lions game as Trump makes history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3880345\/leavitt-beautiful-prospect-commanders-stadium-bearing-trump-name\/\">White House hails &#8216;beautiful&#8217; prospect of new Commanders stadium bearing Trump&#8217;s name<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/3879531\/six-ncaa-basketball-players-engaged-betting-related-game-manipulation\/\">Six ex-NCAA basketball players found to have engaged in &#8216;betting-related game manipulation&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>But his time at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-demands-u-s-be-kicked-out-of-world-cup-after-removing-islamic-republic-symbol-from-social-media-post\/\" title=\"Iran Demands U.S. Be Kicked Out of World Cup After Removing Islamic Republic Symbol From Social Media Post\">crucial game<\/a> for the struggling Commanders didn&rsquo;t stop there. After taking part in a halftime ceremony honoring the U.S. military ahead of Veterans Day, Trump appeared alongside NFL announcers Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma for an interview in the announcers&rsquo; booth, where he first touted the military&rsquo;s recruitment as &ldquo;record-setting.&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\">.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> joins the FOX booth during tonight&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Commanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Commanders<\/a>&ndash;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lions?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Lions<\/a> game at Northwest Stadium: &#8220;We just swore in a tremendous group of young people, and that was an honor &mdash; and they are just fantastic. Our recruitment&#8217;s been record-setting.&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZdnNsSwfJF\">pic.twitter.com\/ZdnNsSwfJF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1987663355813781591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 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>He also recalled his brief stint as a football player at the New York Military Academy, where he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-nfl-tight-end-accused-of-pulling-gun-on-cops-in-fight-over-parking-space\/\" title=\"Ex...NFL Tight End Accused Of Pulling Gun On Cops In Fight Over Parking Space\">played tight end<\/a> but said he never scored a touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean it was not quite football like this. &hellip; We had a quarterback who didn&rsquo;t have a very strong arm. I would say 10 yards was a long pass,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>The president then weighed in on his favorite team, sticking to his New York routes by saying he likes both the Jets and Giants. He also heaped praise on Jets legend Joe Namath, as well as ex-New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees.<\/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\">.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> talks football from the booth at Northwest Stadium: &#8220;I loved Joe Namath&hellip; When you talk about a quick release, he had it! &hellip; Somebody like Drew Brees, he threw a ball that you could catch&hellip; he puts it in your hands.&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lm4MQwnYQ9\">pic.twitter.com\/lm4MQwnYQ9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1987665934694175003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Drew Brees, he threw a ball you could catch,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;I would have liked him as a quarterback.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While the Commanders were in the red zone early in the third quarter, Trump briefly took over the announcing.<\/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\">.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> does a little on-air play-by-play during the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Commanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Commanders<\/a>&ndash;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lions?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Lions<\/a> game &#129315; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P9LLeLQNLZ\">pic.twitter.com\/P9LLeLQNLZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1987665735854833920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Second and 7. Let&rsquo;s see what happens. Woah, all right. Not bad,&rdquo; Trump said during a three-yard run by the Commanders running back.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the interview, Trump shook hands with Albert and Vilma before saying, &ldquo;I&rsquo;d love to have your job some day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s appearance at the game comes shortly after a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3880345\/leavitt-beautiful-prospect-commanders-stadium-bearing-trump-name\/\">report<\/a> that the White House is in talks with the Commanders ownership group for the team&rsquo;s new stadium in Washington, D.C., to be named after the president.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3880625\/air-force-one-flyover-commanders-game\/\">AIR FORCE ONE CONDUCTS FLYOVER OF COMMANDERS-LIONS GAME AS TRUMP MAKES HISTORY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump did not address the speculation in the booth, though he did say he&rsquo;s &ldquo;involved in&rdquo; the 65,000-seat stadium&rsquo;s construction.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re getting all the approvals and everything else. And you have a wonderful owner, Josh and his group, and you&rsquo;re going to see some very good things,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>Trump tries play-by-play during Commanders game broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2508573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trump-commanders-booth.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[66763,66762,3634],"class_list":["post-2508572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-broadcast-booth","tag-play-by-play-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trump-commanders-booth.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2508572"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2508576,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508572\/revisions\/2508576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2508573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2508572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2508572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2508572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}