Security at Yankee Stadium will be tight with President Donald Trump attending Thursday’s game to mark the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
President Donald Trump is attending the New York Yankees game Thursday night to mark the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, after honoring the memories of the victims at the Pentagon earlier in the day.
Trump stopped by the Yankees‘ locker room prior to the game against the Detroit Tigers, He shook hands with the players and team staff members, and talked about being close for years with late Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, calling him „a great friend of mine, the whole family.“
Trump predicted the Yankees would win, noting of his past attending games with Steinbrenner, „We won every time I came.“
„You’re gonna win“, Trump told the Yankees. „. I want to wish you guys a lot of luck. You’re great players.“
He later added: „You’re going to go all the way, and you’ll get in the playoff — and I think we’ll start off, how about tonight? We’ll start from tonight on, and you’re going to do well.“ The Tigers beat the Yankees during the first two games of the series Tuesday and Wednesday by a combined score of 23-3.
President Donald Trump is in attendance at the Tigers vs. Yankees game. pic.twitter.com/WXm3kAdxjg
A presidential visit always prompts extra security at sporting events, but things were heightened after conservative activist and close Trump ally Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah on Wednesday. When Trump attended the Sept. 11 observance ceremony at the Pentagon earlier Thursday, authorities moved the ceremony inside as an added precaution.
