Pat McAfee defends having Trump on show, says he extended invite to Obama: 'It's the president'

President Donald Trump appeared connected Pat McAfee's regular ESPN amusement connected Tuesday, and of course, not everyone was pleased.

Days aft McAfee himself broke the quality that Trump would be the Washington Commanders-Detroit Lions game, the president called into his show, which was broadcast unrecorded from Parris Island successful grant of Veterans Day.

Trump spoke astir those who fought for our country, the authorities shutdown, assemblage shot and the NFL kickoff (which helium hates) successful an quality that lasted astir 20 minutes.

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Pat McAfee defended his determination to person President Donald Trump connected his amusement Tuesday afternoon. (Gilbert Flores, Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The amusement was broadcast unrecorded connected YouTube, with galore comments showing vitriol toward the president arsenic good arsenic McAfee for having him on. But aft Trump hung up, McAfee defended his decision.

"I would similar to say, though, for the contiguous radical that are huffy astir that happening, it's the President of the United States. It's Veterans Day. He's the Commander-in-Chief. Obviously, if we person the accidental to speech to him, we're going to. And helium is hilarious."

Pat McAfee during the ESPYs astatine The Dolby Theatre successful Los Angeles, California, connected July 16, 2025. (Frank Micelotta/Disney via Getty Images)

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McAfee besides said helium and the amusement had reached retired to erstwhile President Barack Obama aft Trump became an enactment to beryllium interviewed, but Obama was incapable to articulation owed to scheduling conflicts.

The quality connected the amusement marks the latest successful what has been a sports-filled presidency. Trump attended the Lions' triumph connected Sunday conscionable extracurricular the nation's capital. That was his archetypal sporting lawsuit since attending the Ryder Cup successful September. That month, helium besides attended the men’s U.S. Open last and a New York Yankees game, which took spot 24 years to the time aft the Sept. 11 attacks.

President Donald Trump shakes hands with New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge successful the locker country earlier a shot crippled against the Detroit Tigers. The crippled was successful New York, New York, connected Sept. 11, 2025. (Doug Mills//The New York Times via AP, Pool)

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The Commanders–Lions crippled was his archetypal NFL crippled of the season. He besides attended Super Bowl LIX successful New Orleans, won by the Philadelphia Eagles, and has been to galore UFC events. He besides attended the FIFA Club World Cup last astatine MetLife Stadium.

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