Will Donald Trump be the first sitting president to actually attend a Super Bowl?
Super Bowl security is already a mess — an arduous process designed to keep everyone safe for one of the highest profile annual events in American history. Well, good news for anyone hoping to watch Super Bowl 59 in person in New Orleans: now they may have to deal with a dense layer of Secret Service agents on top of it.
President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to attend Sunday’s game, a move that would make him the second-most famous person in the suites of the Superdome behind Taylor Swift. If he decides to take a break from levying, then pausing, tariffs in order to secure commitments foreign governments had already made months earlier, it would be an unprecedented move from the Commander in Chief.
Vice presidents have, including Mike Pence — Trump’s former second-in-command who was left off the ticket in 2024. But while presidents are often guests at the Army-Navy Game each December, Trump would be the first to watch the big game in person.
Who is the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl actually sitting with?
Donald Trump is expected to become the first sitting U.S. president to attend the Super Bowl when the Philadelphia Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs this Sunday in New Orleans.
Trump, who was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a payment to an adult film star, will have a number of supporters and detractors in the building — and especially in the suites, where celebrities like Taylor Swift are likely to avoid him.
Which begs the question: Who exactly is Trump sitting with at the game?
According to multiple reports, Trump is attending the game as a guest of New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson. It’s unclear who else may be in the booth alongside him — though Elon Musk has been known to attend the Super Bowl as well.
Trump has attended multiple college football games over the last decade, so it’s not as though his appearance at the Super Bowl is too shocking, but he’s making history as the first president to enjoy the game in person.
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In doing so, Trump would become the first sitting president ever to attend the Big Game.
Trump previously expressed interest in Super Bowl LIX in a post to his official account on the social media platform Truth Social after Kansas City’s victory over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game last month.
Super Bowl LIX will take place at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 9. The game is set to kick off at 5:30 CST.
Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News initially reported about Trump’s expected attendance at Super Bowl LIX in a post to Twitter on Tuesday morning:
NEWS: President Donald Trump is expected to go to the Super Bowl this weekend in New Orleans.
Stay tuned to see if the Chiefs will get the chance to visit the White House to celebrate their third consecutive Super Bowl championship later this year.
In a couple of NHL games north of the border and one NBA contest in Toronto, Canadian fans have started booing during The Star-Spangled Banner, the United States national anthem.
It happened in Ottawa before the Senators played the Minnesota Wild. The same occurred in Vancouver before the Canucks hosted the Detroit Red wings. And then it happened on Sunday when the Toronto Raptors hosted the Los Angeles Clippers.
Seems like this will be a thing in Canada for a while given what’s going on right now.
North America’s tallest peak is renamed Mt. McKinley, but many Alaskans favor a name that spans deep into history.
A common sentiment in Alaska is that while President Donald Trump has ordered the name of North America’s tallest peak to be changed from Denali to McKinley, Alaskans will call it what they want.
And popular consensus seems to favor Denali.
Jeff King, a four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, whose kennel operates just outside Denali National Park and Preserve, told the Associated Press:
“I don’t know a single person that likes the idea, and we’re pretty vocal about it,” King said. “Denali respects the Indigenous people that have been here and around Denali for tens of thousands of years.”
The 20,310-foot peak had been known as Denali until 1896, when a gold prospector unofficially named the peak after William McKinley in support of the then-presidential candidate.
Even though McKinley had never been to the mountain and had no special connection to Alaska, the peak was officially named in the late Republican president’s honor in 1917. (McKinley served as president from 1987 until his assassination in 1901.)
The name was officially changed to Denali, as a symbolic gesture to the Koyukon people, by the Obama administration in 2015.
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On Monday, two resolutions were introduced by Democratic Reps. to register the Alaska Legislature’s opposition to the change back to McKinley. One resolution quotes Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski:
“It is called Denali, which means the great one. So I would just suggest to President Trump, who wants to make everything great, they already have a great name for it.”
Last week, Alaska News Source asked residents via social media what they thought of the name change. The responses were mostly favored Denali over McKinley.
Th top comment reads: “It’s Denali. I don’t know why we are fighting so hard to name it after a President that didn’t even go to AK let alone trying to erase its original and indigenous name.”
A comment in favor of the change: “Mt. McKinley, as it was before Obama.”
And now, it’s all happened again. Bush was at the inauguration of Donald Trump on Monday, and cameras caught him smirking and raising his eyebrows at someone or something. Despite the lack of context, it’s still very funny.
So here’s a look at some of the jokes we’ve since seen pop up since earlier in the week, and I’d say the best of the lot is how it fits perfectly with the “Directed by Michael Bay” meme:
January 20, 2025 marks the inauguration of Donald Trump for a second term. Despite the fact that it’s freezing in Washington, D.C. — literally, the weather is VERY cold out there, stay warm — and the swearing-in will take place indoors at the Capitol Rotunda for the first time since 1985 (when Ronald Reagan was sworn in there), the show will be going on as planned.
So what’s the schedule for Monday’s inauguration? Who’s performing? What else is important to know? Glad you asked all of that. Here’s a breakdown of what’s happening when, plus some other info you’ll want to know as you watch the day of events:
What time is the inauguration starting?
What time will Donald Trump be sworn in?
After meeting with President Joe Biden and Jill Biden at the White House for tea, Donald Trump will be sworn in at 12 p.m. ET with Chief Justice John Roberts leading the ceremony. That will be followed by his inaugural address.
Who’s performing at the 2025 inauguration?
We put together a handy list, which includes Carrie Underwood. That lists includes other events, like the inaugural parade at 2:30 p.m. ET and the Liberty Inaugural Ball, the Starlight Ball and the Commander in Chief Ball.
What channel is the inauguration on? Where can I stream the inauguration?
CBS, NBC and ABC will all carry it, as will cable networks.
If you’re wondering why Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration was moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda instead of being outdoors as usual, there’s a very good reason for that.
It’s because it’s cold in Washington D.C. As in, REALLY cold. Temperatures are below freezing on Monday, so the swearing in will take place indoors.
This isn’t the first time the inauguration has taken place indoors. Back in 1985, Ronald Reagan’s inauguration was also sworn in indoors, and the event also took place in the Capitol Rotunda that year.
The 2025 Inauguration is here, and that means we’ll hear some performers sing the national anthem and other songs associated with the United States.
So who will you hear on Monday as Donald Trump is sworn in again? We have the answers.
At the swearing-in ceremony, Carrie Underwood will sing America the Beautiful. Christopher Macchio — a tenor — will sing the national anthem. Lee Greenwood is also scheduled to appear.
At the Liberty Ball, The Village People and Jason Aldean will perform. Nelly is also slated to be there.
At the Commander-in-Chief Ball, Rascal Flatts and Parker McCollum will perform.
And at the Starlight Ball, Gavin DeGraw is scheduled to perform.
It will be the first time the ceremony has not been held on the the Capitol’s western front since the second inauguration of Ronald Reagan in 1985 was also moved inside due to the cold.
So how frigid will it get Monday? The latest forecasts indicates a temperature in the low 20s with wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour around noon when Trump will be sworn into office. Or, in sports parlance, nowhere near vaseline cold.
Sports have broken our brains to view enduring frigid temps as a badge of honor rather than a reason to fret. And there have been so many recent examples of leagues and organizers refusing to budge on scheduling when it comes to extreme cold.
So before you start to convince yourself 20 degrees is too cold to be outside, remember that hundreds of thousands of fans have endured much worse — sometimes in minimal clothing — to support their teams.
Sports played in colder temps than Trump’s inauguration
Jan. 14, 2024: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Miami Dolphins (-4 degrees Fahrenheit)
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The NFL probably should’ve rescheduled this AFC Wild Card matchup. The wind chill reached -27 degrees Fahrenheit and dozens of fans at Arrowhead Field that day were treated for frostbite — with some needing amputations. Amazingly, this was only the fourth-coldest game in NFL history.
Jan. 1, 2022: Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues (-5.7 degrees Fahrenheit)
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The coldest game in NHL history. Of course it involved Minnesota. The Wild fell to the Blues, 6-4, in the 2022 Winter Classic at Target Field with St. Louis playing mind games in the cold well before puck drop.
Now THAT is what we call a Winter Classic arrival!
Oct. 22, 1997: World Series Game 4, Florida Marlins vs. Cleveland Indians (38 degrees Fahrenheit)
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You may be thinking 38 degrees sounds tropic compared to some of the other games on this list, but the Snow Globe Game had a wind chill of 18 degrees. The only heat came from Cleveland’s bats in 10-3 victory, though the Marlins won the series in seven games.
Dec. 31, 1967: NFL Championship Game, Green Bay Packers vs. Dallas Cowboys (-13 degrees Fahrenheit)
You knew the Ice Bowl was going to appear on this list. Negative 13 at kickoff with a a -48 wind chill (that’s since been updated to -36 under current guidelines). The heating system under the turf didn’t work properly and the Packers won 21-17 in a game that 50,000 attended and millions more claimed they were at.
Feb 12, 1994; Lillehammer, Norway: The main cauldron opening ceremony for the XVII Winter Olympics. Mandatory Credit: Prevost/Presse via USA TODAY Sports
It turns out Norway is quite cold in February! The Lillehammer Games are most commonly associated with the fallout of the Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan saga, but the brutal frost was even harder to avoid. At night the Olympic Village averaged -13 degrees Fahrenheit.
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