Trump praises Alabama athletics at commencement

President Donald Trump delivered the beginning tackle on the College of Alabama on Thursday night and simply gained the group.

Trump dominated the state in final 12 months’s elections, so he already had a bonus of the house crowd, however he earned bonus factors by talking strongly concerning the athletic packages of the varsity.

The president known as the college a “particular place … the place legends are made.”

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President Donald Trump offers liable feedback on the College of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Could 1, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP through Getty photographs)

“There’s something very particular concerning the gamers, coaches and followers who pack the stadium and proudly sing ‘Dixieland Delight’. We like that.

“The Crimson Tide doesn’t relaxation, doesn’t cease and doesn’t cease successful till it’s all the time. You all the time win.

Jam Miller (26) of the Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates after his receiving landing with Kadyn Proctor (74) through the first quarter in Bryant-Denny Stadium 28 September 2024, in Tuscaloosa, ALA. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty photographs)

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Trump additionally shouted the basketball staff for males who reached his first final 4 in program historical past.

“Alabama is not only an awesome soccer faculty, it’s now top-of-the-line basketball colleges within the nation,” he stated.

Trump additionally praised the ladies’s job staff, which gained the SEC earlier than once more promising that transgender athletes won’t take part in women and girls’s sports activities.

The soccer staff misplaced the Reliaquest Bowl to Michigan, his second highest bowl loss for the Wolverines, which they defeated within the Rose Bowl on their solution to the Nationwide Championship 2024.

President Donald Trump shakes palms with former Alabama Crimson Tide soccer coach Nick Saban in Coleman Colemaeum on the College of Alabama on 1 Could 2025 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty photographs)

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Final season, Trump attended the 41-34 victory of the Crimson Tides at Georgia final season.

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