President Donald Trump is on the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans watching the Tremendous Bowl, marking the primary time a sitting president has attended the sport.
Among the many elected officers accompanying the president are Home Speaker Mike Johnson; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.
Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump, grandson Theodore, son Eric Trump and daughter-in-law Lara Trump are additionally in attendance.
New Orleans Saints proprietor Gayle Benson, President Donald Trump, and Ivanka Trump look o n earlier than the beginning of Tremendous Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Feb. 9, 2025.
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President Donald Trump along with his grandson Theodore earlier than the beginning of Tremendous Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Feb. 9, 2025.
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The Tremendous Bowl LIX matchup between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles comes one month after a terrorist drove a truck down Bourbon Road in New Orleans on New Yr’s Day, killing 14 individuals and injuring dozens extra.
Earlier than coming into his suite, Trump met with victims’ households, emergency personnel and members of the New Orleans Police Division.
President Donald Trump poses with New Orleans regulation enforcement officers and victims of the New Yr’s Day assault as he visits the sphere earlier than the beginning of Tremendous Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Feb. 9, 2025.
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President Donald Trump reacts after posing with members of the family of victims within the January 1 assault on Bourbon Road and emergency responders previous to Tremendous Bowl LIX, Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans.
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“We keep in mind that 14 households shall be lacking a beloved one who was tragically murdered throughout a mindless terrorist assault whereas celebrating the New Yr on Bourbon Road,” Trump mentioned in an announcement on Sunday. “Our ideas are additionally with the 35 people injured through the assault whose lives had been modified perpetually that fateful night time, and our prayers will stay with them for continued power, consolation and therapeutic.”
President Donald Trump visits the sphere earlier than the beginning of Tremendous Bowl LIX between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans, Feb. 9, 2025.
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Gayle Benson, the proprietor of the New Orleans Saints, is internet hosting Trump in her field.
The president stood for the singing of “America the Lovely” and saluted through the Nationwide anthem.
President Donald Trump salutes through the nationwide anthem with Ivanka Trump and New Orleans Saints proprietor Gayle Benson earlier than the beginning of Tremendous Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Feb. 9, 2025.
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President Donald Trump salutes through the nationwide anthem with Ivanka Trump and New Orleans Saints proprietor Gayle Benson earlier than the beginning of Tremendous Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Feb. 9, 2025.
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Commissioner of the NFL Roger Goodell meets with President Donald Trump earlier than earlier than the beginning of Tremendous Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Feb. 9, 2025.
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