ESPN airs Trump message during college football national title game, triggering social media meltdown

ESPN connected Monday decided to aerial a connection from President Trump during halftime of the assemblage shot nationalist title betwixt Ohio State and Notre Dame.

Trump could not marque the game, which took spot astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium successful Atlanta, arsenic helium was celebrating his instrumentality to the White House and going to inauguration balls.

His message, however, was clear: "the aureate property of America has begun."

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President Trump signs enforcement orders successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected Jan. 20, 2025. (JIM WATSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

"Hello to my great, chap Americans. This has been a historical and breathtaking time for our country. In caller years, our radical person suffered greatly, but starting now, we’re going to bring America backmost and marque it safer, richer and prouder than ever before," Trump said.

"We’ll person a federation filled with compassion, spot and exceptionalism. Through our powerfulness and might, we volition halt wars, and we volition bring our satellite to peace. We volition beryllium respected again, and we volition beryllium admitted again — admired similar we haven’t been successful many, galore years. We’ll enactment America first, and by doing so, we’re gonna marque America large again.

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The ESPN logo is seen connected an physics show successful Times Square successful New York City connected Aug. 23, 2017. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

"In little than 3 months since the election, you person already seen it happening. You tin consciousness the excitement, and you tin spot the assurance and tone returning to our nation. Together we are going to pb our region to glorious caller heights. The aureate property of America has conscionable begun.

"To each of the players and fans watching tonight, I cognize it’s been a agelong and hard journey. It’s been a agelong season, but you person 2 tremendous teams, and get to the crippled and spell retired and combat hard and combat just and fto the amended squad win. And I’m going to bask watching it. Thank you, and bully night."

ESPN caught societal media flak for deciding to aerial the message.

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President Trump departs an indoor Presidential Inauguration Parade lawsuit successful Washington, D.C., connected Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump has been seen connected ESPN astatine college shot games before. He attended the nationalist title successful January 2020 erstwhile it took spot successful New Orleans.

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