Donald Trump is first US president to attend Super Bowl - and predicts who he thinks will win

President Trump took to the tract up of the 59th Super Bowl to greet sports stars and spectators, conscionable hours aft spending his greeting golfing with Tiger Woods

This year's Super Bowl could spot the Kansas City Chiefs marque history, with the accidental of winning their 3rd consecutive title. But earlier their lucifer against the Philadelphia Eagles started, Donald Trump was already making past astatine the New Orleans stadium by becoming the archetypal sitting US president to be the immense sporting fixture.

The 78-year-old had spent his Sunday greeting golfing with Tiger Woods astatine his Palm Beach edifice successful Florida earlier flying to the large crippled connected Air Force One. President Trump was taken to the Caesars Superdome by motorcade conscionable an hr earlier the crippled got underway.

There helium met with survivors of the January 1 onslaught successful New Orleans, which claimed the lives of 14 and injured much than a twelve others. With implicit 120 cardinal radical tuning successful for the biggest NFL crippled of the year, the commander-in-chief made definite helium was seen shaking hands with spectators up of the large game, walking retired onto the transportation portion the Chiefs and the Eagles were warming up.

Trump told reporters that helium was determination due to the fact that "I thought it would beryllium a bully happening for the state to person the president beryllium astatine the game." He added: "It's an iconic day. It's going to beryllium a large game, 2 large teams, and let's spot what happens."

With the president connected the pitch, Kansas City Chiefs' antiaircraft tackle Chris Jones took a interruption from warming up to tally implicit and greet Trump, shaking his manus and sharing a fewer little words earlier continuing his preparations.

In an interrogation that aired earlier kick-off, Trump adjacent went arsenic acold to prime his favourites to win. Speaking to Fox News, helium said: “I guess, you person to accidental that erstwhile a backmost wins arsenic overmuch arsenic he’s won, I person to spell with Kansas City.

"I person to spell with Kansas City. At the aforesaid time, Philadelphia has a fantastic game, it’s going to beryllium a large game,”

Trump was greeted by cheers from the assemblage arsenic helium arrived, alongside 2 of his children, Ivanka and Eric, arsenic good arsenic his grandson Theodore. Later, arsenic the 83,000 shot fans successful attendance stood for a rendition of the nationalist anthem, the US President could beryllium seen saluting the crowd, with his manus hovering conscionable implicit his eyebrow - contempt the long-standing contented that the commander-in-chief places their manus implicit their heart.

Alongside the president, shot fans are expecting to spot planetary superstars similar Taylor Swift, Bradley Cooper, and Gwen Stefani successful attendance for the monolithic sporting lawsuit - wherever the Kansas City Chiefs could go the archetypal squad successful NFL past to triumph the Super Bowl 3 years connected the trot.