Former NFL player and military vet reacts to 'unfortunate' Trump boos at Commanders game

President Donald Trump did not person a lukewarm invited during Sunday's Washington Commanders-Detroit Lions game.

On the Northwest Stadium public-address system, Trump work the names of those enlisting successful the U.S. subject arsenic portion of the NFL’s "Salute to Service" festivities up of Veterans Day. However, boos from Commanders fans were heard.

The absorption did not astonishment erstwhile NFL subordinate and subject seasoned Alejandro Villanueva.

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Pittsburgh Steelers violative lineman Alejandro Villanueva stands for the nationalist anthem earlier playing the Cleveland Browns astatine Heinz Field. (Charles LeClaire/USA TODAY Sports)

"There’s a batch of part successful the United States politically, possibly passim the satellite arsenic well, regarding who the president is. It is unfortunate," helium told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview. "I mean, obviously, I privation we lived successful a spot wherever we had a batch much agreement, but it is America. You support the freedoms and the rights of everybody to protestation and to explicit themselves nevertheless they want."

Villanueva besides hoped civilians bash not scope a constituent wherever they consciousness subject members lone enactment 1 governmental side.

"I anticipation that we bash not make the subject into a people wherever Americans consciousness that it supports 1 governmental enactment oregon the other, due to the fact that I bash consciousness that military-civilian relationships is 1 of the astir peculiar and important aspects of our military, and the information that we've been capable to be, you know, the powerfulness that we are close now."

President Donald Trump speaks from a suite alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, during halftime of an NFL shot crippled betwixt the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, successful Landover, Maryland. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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Trump received a premix of cheers and boos arsenic helium got to the stadium from Mar-a-Lago. He spent the greeting golfing and demanding that Democrats enactment an extremity to the authorities shutdown, which yet ended precocious Wednesday night.

Before leaving Landover, helium spent clip successful the Fox broadcast booth calling the crippled with Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma.

The Commanders welcomed Trump to the stadium days earlier the game.

People rise their hands arsenic they instrumentality the oath during a reenlisting ceremonial to the US service presided by unseen US President Donald Trump during the NFL crippled betwixt the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions astatine Northwest Stadium successful Landover, Maryland, connected Nov. 9, 2025. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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"We are honored to invited President Trump to the crippled arsenic we observe those who person served and proceed to service our country," Commanders nine president Mark Clouse said earlier this week. "The full Commanders enactment is arrogant to enactment successful the NFL’s league-wide Salute to Service initiative, recognizing the dedication and sacrifice of our nation’s veterans, active-duty work members, and their families this Sunday."

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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