President Donald Trump on Friday spoke about going to the NCAA Wrestling Championship on Saturday.
Trump told reporters outside the White House that he will be attending the final round of the tournament to head to Philadelphia.
“We're going to go for a big fight. The reason I go is Philadelphia. They have NCAA, world, college wrestling, and I've always supported wrestlers,” Trump said. “So I want to support them. These are great college wrestlers from different schools. I think Pennsylvania is leading and Nebraska is in second place right now.
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Pennsylvania's Nittany Lions are posing after winning the NCAA wrestling title at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on March 23, 2024. (Reese Strickland-Usa Today Sports)
Outkick co-founder Clay Travis broke the news that he was attending the event on Tuesday when Trump said he would travel with the “President” in “Air Force 1” to the championship.
The White House confirmed Friday that Trump will be attending the event.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and R. Ohio reportedly joined Trump in Philadelphia.
Jordan himself was a well-known wrestling champion in high school and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, winning the NCAA Division I Men's Wrestling title twice. He later served as assistant coach of Ohio State's wrestling program from 1987 to 1995.
The LA Times writer suggests that the World Series champion Dodgers should skip their White House visit: “Thank you, but no.”
President Donald Trump, whose daughter Ivanka Trump is caught, speaks before signing the President of National Security Memorandum of Understanding to launch the “Women's World Development and Prosperity” initiative on February 7, 2019 at the White House oval office in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Senator Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) will also be tagged. McCormick previously confirmed that Trump will be attending an event in the Pennsylvania Senator's hometown.
“I'm excited to see (Trump) in Philadelphia this weekend for the (NCAA Wrestling) Championship,” McCormick wrote in X.
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President Donald Trump walked the Southern Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on November 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
The Wrestling Championship is his first return to the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia since 2011, when Pennsylvania took advantage of his hometown to win it all. It launched a dominant run by the Nittany Lions, which are still going. They won eight of the last three titles, eight of the last three titles.
Saturday's victory will mark the third four peat in that stretch.
Elizabeth Elkind of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
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