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President Brings Yankee Stadium Crowd To Its Feet With “USA” Chants

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President Donald Trump brought Yankee Stadium to its feet Thursday night as chants of “USA! USA!” rang out while he attended the team’s 9/11 anniversary game.

Before the crowd erupted, the president was welcomed warmly in the clubhouse, praising the Steinbrenner family and offering encouragement to the players.

“It’s a great family,” Trump said. “Randy is wonderful, and I will say, you’re gonna win. George used to for some reason, I don’t know what it was, we won every time I came. Every time I came, we’d win a game.”

The president recalled that it wasn’t easy to sit with Steinbrenner, calling it a “brutal” experience that left them both “exhausted at the end.”

“But we won, and you’re going to win. You’re gonna go all the way,” he encouraged the players.

“Can you get in the playoff? I think. How about tonight, we start tonight, and you’re gonna do well.”

He reminded the team that the Red Sox once visited the Oval Office and went on a 15-game winning streak.

“What am I gonna do? Say no?” Trump quipped. “I just want to wish you guys a lot of luck. You’re great players. I know every one of you.”

Yankees manager Aaron Boone welcomed the chance to meet Trump, telling reporters, “Had the honor and fortune of some presidents over the years, first pitches or whatever it may be.”

“So the fact that he’s gonna be here, I’m excited to be a part of,” Boone added.

“I don’t know what it’ll be like, but to interact with him for a few minutes, something I’m looking forward to.”

The Yankees marked the anniversary of September 11 earlier in the day with a wreath-laying ceremony at Monument Park, led by Boone, Gerrit Cole, and Carlos Rodon.

Video highlights of the 2001 World Series played on the scoreboard prior to Trump’s arrival, recalling the dramatic moments that lifted New York shortly after the attacks.

Trump was right to predict a win. Aaron Judge smashed his 45th homer of the season in the first inning, and by the third he hit his 46th.

Before the game, Trump praised the slugger directly. “You have that much muscle, you have to hit the ball perfect,” he told Judge. “You’re a fantastic player. … You’re an unbelievable player.”

The president appeared on the video board saluting the American flag during the national anthem. He drew loud cheers, with only scattered boos in the mix.

During the second inning, Yankees announcer Paul Olden introduced him formally.

“The New York Yankees welcome back to Yankee Stadium the 45th and 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, on the solemn anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001,” Olden boomed.

Security was heightened well before first pitch. The Secret Service released a statement noting, “President Trump receives the highest levels of U.S. Secret Service protection and the agency adjusts our protective posture as needed to mitigate evolving threats.”

“Individuals in and around Yankees stadium tonight can expect to see increased law enforcement presence,” the statement continued.

“Out of concern for operational security, we cannot discuss the specific means and methods used for our protective operations.”

Trump watched from the Steinbrenner family suite, protected by bulletproof glass and security personnel, with snipers visible on the rooftops.

Asked on the White House lawn before the trip if he was concerned about safety, Trump replied, “Not really. I’m really concerned for our country. We have a great country.”

“We have a radical left group of lunatics out there, just absolute lunatics and we’re gonna get that problem solved,” he added. “I’m only concerned for the country.”

He sat with owner Hal Steinbrenner and team president Randy Levine. At one point during the sixth inning, Trump joined in his familiar “YMCA” dance, encouraged by young fans chanting for him to participate.

A few Detroit Tigers players even mimicked the move after getting on base.

Lawmakers and Trump officials filled the suite. Republican Reps. Mike Lawler, Nick LaLota, Nicole Malliotakis, and Elise Stefanik were spotted with him, along with Attorney General Pam Bondi, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte.

Conservative author Bill O’Reilly was also seen, joking with reporters outside that he “almost got arrested” after crossing a barricaded street.

Trump left the stadium in the seventh inning after “God Bless America” was sung, with fans chanting his name as he departed.

The night before, the Yankees honored Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated at a Utah campus event just hours earlier.

A moment of silence was held, with Kirk’s photo displayed on the scoreboard.

“Before tonight’s game we held a moment of silence in memoriam of Charlie Kirk,” the Yankees posted on X.

“Kirk founded the youth activist group ‘Turning Point USA’ and had become a fixture on college campuses. Charlie Kirk, a husband and father of two children, was 31 years old.”

Across the country, tributes continued. During Thursday Night Football at Lambeau Field, fans observed a moment of silence before kickoff of the Packers-Commanders matchup, attended by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

“The NFL condemns all violence in our communities. It will take all of us to stop hate,” the stadium announcer told the crowd.

Meanwhile, law enforcement efforts in Utah intensified. Two people were initially detained but later released.

Authorities confirmed the shooter remains at large, with the FBI and local police leading a manhunt.

The bureau released surveillance photos of a person of interest and offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

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