Trump Attends Commanders-Lions Game

President Trump became the first sitting president in nearly a half-century at a regular-season NFL game, attending the Washington Commanders' 44-22 loss to the visiting Detroit Lions on Sunday.

Trump did a flyover of the Northwest Stadium aboard Air Force One as he cruised in to attend the Washington Commanders football game and speak at its annual Veterans’ Day half-time service.

The presidential airplane roared low over the open-air venue as thousands cheered it on from the stands below, with footage from the window capturing the crowd and the plane itself cruising by on the jumbotron.

“Was that the greatest flyover ever?” Trump said after the plane touched down and he headed to the stadium to take up his place in the owner’s box for Commanders’ clash against the Detroit Lions.

At halftime Trump took over the ceremonies to swear in a group of new enlisted men and women – and flashed a small smile as he read “I will obey the orders of the President of the United States” over the stadium sound system.

Trump was met with a mixture of cheers and boos from spectators, while some players broke out the president’s signature fist-pumping boogaloo to celebrate touchdowns in the endzone.

The president even called a play during the live television broadcast.

“I think this is a very important couple of plays. Second and seven, let’s see what happens. Well, that’s alright. Not bad. Good runner,” he said during his third-quarter commentary.

“This is a very big play, don’t you think? They have to get a touchdown, let’s put it differently, they just have to get a touchdown,” he added.

Trump was joined in the box by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and was later presented with a framed Commanders jersey bearing his name and the number 47 by team owner Josh Harris.

Tickets for Sunday’s game sold out after Trump’s attendance was announced, according to the National News Desk.

The president’s attendance at the capital’s hometown game against the Detroit Lions comes a day after ESPN reported he is keen to see a new stadium being built for the team named after himself.

Neither the president nor the Commanders have confirmed that report, but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt didn’t dismiss it when asked.

“That would be a beautiful name, as it was President Trump who made the rebuilding of the new stadium possible,” she told The Post Saturday.

The Commanders have been playing at the Northwest stadium in Landover while waiting for their new digs, which are expected to open in 2030 in DC at the cost of $3.7 billion.

Despite his appearance Sunday, Trump’s relationship with the Commanders and the new stadium project haven’t always been rosy.

In July, he threatened to hold up the stadium project if the Commanders didn’t take back “Redskins” as its team name, which was ditched in 2022 for being offensive to Native Americans.

The Commanders have made no indications that the name would be changed.

Exactly how Trump intended to hold up the deal was unclear. President Biden signed a bill before he left office to transfer the new stadium’s land from the federal government to the city.