President Donald Trump spoke about Friday Go to the NCAA Wrestling Championships On Saturday.
Trump told reporters outside the White House that he is on his way to Philadelphia to attend the final rounds of the tournament, such as Penn State The championship seems to close with a substantial lead of 90.5 compared to the second place Nebraska at 62.5 and third place Oklahoma State at 61.0.
“We are going to the big fight. The reason I am going is in Philadelphia. They have the NCAA, world, struggling for the university. And I have always supported the wrestlers,” Trump said. “So I want to support them. These are the great university scriptures of the different schools. I think Penn State is a lead, and Nebraska is now in second place. And many good things.”
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The Penn State Nittany Lions pose after winning the NCAA thrust title in the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 23, 2024. (Reese Strickland-usa Today Sports)
Co-founder of Outkick Clay Travis broke the news that Trump would attend the event on Tuesday when he said he would travel in an X-post “With” the president On “Air Force One” for the championships.
The White House confirmed on Friday that Trump would attend the event.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is reportedly also a member of Trump in Philadelphia, a source that is familiar with his plans Fox News Digital told.
Jordan himself was a well-known wrestling champion during his time in high school and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he won the NCAA Division I men’s wrestle title twice. He was later an assistant coach at the wrestling program of Ohio State University from 1987 to 1995.
President Donald Trump, flanked by daughter Ivanka Trump, speaks before signing the National Security Presidential Memorandum to launch the ‘Women’s Global Development and Prosperity’ initiative in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., Is also tagging. McCormick previously confirmed that Trump would be present during the event in the Senator’s house Is Pennsylvania.
“I am very happy to be in Philadelphia this weekend with (Trump) for the (NCAA Wrestling) championship,” wrote McCormick on X. “I grew up in small cities in Pa and in West Point. It taught me grit, resilience and hard work.”
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President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
The wrestling championships return to the Wells Fargo Center of Philadelphia for the first time since 2011, when Penn State made use of their home state and won everything. That started a dominant run of the Nittany Lions that is still going – they won eight of the last 11 of the last 13 titles, including each of the last three.
With a victory on Saturday, it would be their third four-level level in that piece.
Elizabeth Elkind of Fox News Digital has contributed to this report.
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