Trump at NCAA wrestling championships: What to know

President Donald Trump is attending the last rounds of the 2024-25 NCAA wrestling championships successful Philadelphia connected Saturday. 

For the president, it marks different halt connected his circuit of large sporting events successful what has been 1 of the astir sport-focused presidencies successful American history. 

And Trump volition beryllium determination to perchance spot a section successful the sports' history, arsenic Penn State is looking to tally up a streak of 4 consecutive nationalist titles. It would the 3rd clip Penn State wins 4 consecutive championships since 2011, arsenic lone Iowa and Ohio State person interrupted the Nittany Lions' tally of dominance. 

And Penn State is firmly successful the drivers' spot to bash it, starring with 169 points – 60-point borderline implicit second-place Nebraska. 

"We're going to the large fight. The crushed I'm going is successful Philadelphia. They person the NCAA, world, wrestling for college. And I've ever supported the wrestlers," Trump told reporters extracurricular the White House connected Friday. "So I privation to enactment them. These are the large assemblage wrestlers from the assorted schools. I deliberation Penn State is leading, and Nebraska is successful 2nd spot close now. And a batch of bully things."

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The Penn State Nittany Lions airs with the trophy aft winning the NCAA Wrestling Title astatine the T-Mobile Center.  (Reese Strickland-USA TODAY Sports)

OutKick co-founder Clay Travis broke the quality that Trump would be the lawsuit connected Tuesday erstwhile helium said successful an X station that helium would beryllium traveling "with" the president connected "Air Force One" to the championships.

The White House confirmed Friday that Trump would be the event.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is besides reportedly joining Trump successful Philadelphia, a root acquainted with his plans told Fox News Digital.

Jordan himself was a noted wrestling champion during his clip successful precocious schoolhouse and astatine the University of Wisconsin-Madison, wherever helium won the NCAA Division I men's wrestling rubric twice. He was aboriginal an adjunct manager astatine Ohio State University's wrestling programme from 1987 to 1995.

Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., volition besides beryllium tagging along. McCormick antecedently confirmed that Trump would beryllium successful attendance astatine the lawsuit successful the senator's location authorities of Pennsylvania.

"I’m thrilled to beryllium successful Philadelphia this play with [Trump] for the [NCAA Wrestling] Championship," McCormick wrote connected X. "I grew up wrestling successful tiny towns crossed PA and astatine West Point. It taught maine grit, resilience, and hard work."

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U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan speaking to the press. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

This volition beryllium the 2nd clip successful 3 years that President Donald Trump has attended the NCAA Wrestling Championships, arsenic helium went successful 2023 erstwhile they were successful Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Trump has been seen astatine a fewer antithetic sporting events since winning the Presidential predetermination successful November.

Trump attended the Daytona 500 successful February and became the archetypal sitting president to be 2 Daytona 500 races astatine Daytona International Speedway. He attended the contention the archetypal clip successful February 2020.

Trump was a fixture successful the pre-race festivities arsenic helium rode successful "The Beast" for a thigh earlier the iconic contention and had a peculiar connection for drivers that was broadcast connected their radios.

Earlier successful February, Trump became the archetypal sitting president to ever be a Super Bowl. When Trump was shown successful the stadium, a raucous cheer was heard connected the FOX broadcast from the crowd.

In December, Trump attended the 125th variation of the Army-Navy shot crippled with Vice President JD Vance, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard among others.

Trump attended the yearly rivalry crippled passim his presidency, archetypal attending successful 2016 soon aft winning that year's election. He besides was astatine the crippled during each twelvemonth of his presidency, including successful 2020 astatine West Point.

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Donald Trump, and wrestlers successful action (AP Newsroom/IMAGN)

A mates of weeks aft Trump won the predetermination implicit Vice President Kamala Harris successful November, helium attended UFC 309.

Trump sat cage-side alongside Elon Musk, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump Jr. and others.

Jon Jones defeated Stipe Miocic via knockout and did Trump's signature creation determination successful the contiguous aftermath. He pointed to Trump close aft and gave his UFC Heavyweight Championship to Trump to hold.

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