One baseball star revealed a dark secret about Donald Trump
Ever since Donald Trump first ran for President, the world of sports and politics became intertwined.
Politics and sports have never been the same.
And one baseball star revealed a dark secret about Donald Trump.
Johnny Damon was one of the leaders of the “idiots” on the 2004 Boston Red Sox team that broke the “Curse of the Bambino” and won the franchise’s first World Series title in 86 years.
Damon signed with the New York Yankees for the 2005 season, where he eventually helped the team win their 27th World Series title in 2009.
That December, Damon got invited to play golf with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, and Trump found out he was signing with the Yankees, whose games Trump regularly attended, which began a friendship that continues to this day.
Damon first endorsed Trump in 2016 and spoke at one of his rallies.
In an interview with Fox News, Damon explained from that moment on he faced harassment in social media and discrimination in real life.
“Unfortunately, whenever you say you’re friends with Donald Trump, we have a lot of people who just cannot understand that,” Damon stated.
Damon said he was thrilled Trump won the election and could come back to office and put in place the policies that were so successful in his first term.
“We’ve just been really good friends, and I’m glad that he’s back in office and I’m glad we have somebody who’s going to be out there, somebody who’s going to answer questions, somebody who’s going to do the work to make America great again,” Damon added.
Damon had harsh words for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, saying he couldn’t name a single positive achievement they racked up in four years, and that Trump already had done more just by winning the election.
“Unfortunately, this last administration, we can’t see anything positive that they’ve done, and hopefully, Donald Trump doesn’t get any backlash for anything he’s doing because he’s already done more than what President Biden has done in his four years and Trump’s not even in office right now. So I’m very, very happy my friend is back in office,” Damon added.
The world of sports provided valuable support for Trump in the campaign.
UFC President Dana White introduced Trump at the Republican National Convention.
Trump walking out to cage side seats with White and other celebrities for the main event of UFC fights as 20,000 fans in attendance erupted in massive standing ovations provided visuals to the public that Trump transcended politics into being a pop culture figure.
Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre campaigned with Trump in Wisconsin during the final days of the election.
Famous athletes who were friends of Trump – and not just Johnny-come-lately endorsers – proved pivotal as it showed Trump was in touch with the lives of real Americans whereas the Democrats were the party of academic, media, and financial elites.
