Trump makes presence felt during college football national championship

President Donald Trump had a taped connection for assemblage shot fans who tuned into ESPN to ticker the nationalist title betwixt Notre Dame and Ohio State connected Monday night.

Trump was inaugurated arsenic the 47th president of the United States earlier successful the day. Although he’s been to nationalist championships arsenic president before, helium was incapable to spell since it was his archetypal time back successful the White House. He inactive appeared to person the crippled connected his mind.

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US President Donald Trump holds up outgoing President Joe Biden's missive arsenic helium signs enforcement orders successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, DC, connected January 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."

NOTRE DAME'S RILEY LEONARD POINTS TO FAVORITE BIBLE VERSE AFTER SCORING OPENING TD IN NATIONAL TITLE GAME

Notre Dame backmost Riley Leonard is tackled by Ohio State antiaircraft extremity JT Tuimoloau during archetypal fractional of the College Football Playoff nationalist title crippled Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, successful Atlanta.  (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Trump touted the excitement he’s seen astir the state since helium won the predetermination implicit erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris. He besides had a connection for the players competing successful the game.

"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."

Ohio State caput manager Ryan Day celebrates aft a touchdown by moving backmost Quinshon Judkins during archetypal fractional of the College Football Playoff nationalist title crippled Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, successful Atlanta.  (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Vice President JD Vance indispensable person been blessed astatine halftime arsenic Ohio State led the game, 21-7.

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