Trump praises Ohio State Buckeyes during football title ceremony at White House

President Donald Trump stood astatine the podium connected the White House tract connected Monday day with a squad of Ohio State Buckeyes shot players down him to observe their nationalist title triumph during the 2024 season.

The 47th president began his remarks by remembering however peculiar Jan. 20 was for everyone connected the signifier — the Buckeyes bushed the Notre Dame Fighting Irish hours aft Trump completed his inauguration successful our nation's capital.

"Turns retired Jan. 20 was a large time for each of us. It's true. That was a large day. I emotion that day. I'll ne'er hide that day," Trump said. 

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance invited the 2025 College Football National Champions from Ohio State University to the White House during a ceremonial connected the southbound tract connected April 14, 2025 successful Washington, DC. Ohio State won the nationalist title by defeating Notre Dame successful the National Championship crippled by a people of 34-23. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Trump recognized each those successful attendance, including erstwhile Buckeyes caput manager and existent Lt. Gov. of Ohio Jim Tressel arsenic good arsenic different Ohio delegates.

Before calling retired circumstantial praise for caput manager Ryan Day and respective of his players, Trump made definite to notation the past that comes with the nationalist title trophy, which sat connected a array adjacent to a Buckeyes helmet and jersey portion helium made his speech.

"This was a historical twelvemonth successful assemblage football," Trump said. "Standing unneurotic today, these men are the archetypal assemblage shot players successful past who tin proudly telephone themselves 12-team playoff champions. That’s not easy. You’re the archetypal ones."

It surely wasn't casual for the Buckeyes, particularly aft suffering immoderate pugnacious losses during the regular season, which Trump brought up. They fell to Oregon, a College Football Playoff team, and Michigan, a squad they were expected to bushed connected their location turf, but couldn't get its discourtesy going. 

"I shouldn’t accidental this. I really said, ‘Should I permission this enactment out?’ And they said, ‘Sir, they privation to perceive the full thing,'" Trump said. "The atrocious and the good, right? But galore radical counted you retired aft the losses against Oregon, which is simply a large team, and that Team Up North — we won’t speech astir it. But you refused to fto Buckeyes Nation down. You got amended and better, and tougher and tougher arsenic the play went along.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (Center R) joins U.S. President Donald Trump arsenic helium welcomes the 2025 College Football National Champions from Ohio State University to the White House during a ceremonial connected the southbound tract connected April 14, 2025 successful Washington, DC. Ohio State won the nationalist title by defeating Notre Dame successful the National Championship crippled by a people of 34-23. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

"After a precise beardown regular season, but with adversity, you held a closed-door, players-only meeting. This bonzer radical rallied unneurotic for a azygous glorious vision: to triumph 4 consecutive playoff games against the finest teams successful assemblage football. You were capable to bash it, obviously."

Trump went connected to praise the enactment of backmost Will Howard, his violative line, moving backs Quinshon Judkins and TreVeyon Henderson, receivers Emeka Egbuka and Jeremiah Smith, and much passim his speech. He made definite to shingle everyone's manus on the mode arsenic helium explained their accomplishments. 

Vice President JD Vance, an Ohio State alum, said helium was "so proud" to beryllium with his Buckeyes connected the White House tract to observe a championship, which he's inactive waiting for Sen. Ted Cruz to wage up on. 

Vance said helium and Cruz, a Texas Longhorns supporter, made a wager connected their teams facing disconnected to gain a spot successful the nationalist rubric game. 

U.S. President Donald Trump stands with Ohio State Head Coach Ryan Day (R) arsenic helium welcomes the 2025 College Football National Champions from Ohio State University to the White House during a ceremonial connected the southbound tract connected April 14, 2025 successful Washington, DC. Ohio State won the nationalist title by defeating Notre Dame successful the National Championship crippled by a people of 34-23. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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And portion it was each astir the Buckeyes connected Monday, Trump made definite to punctual everyone connected the lawn, and those watching astatine home, however overmuch helium loves Ohio, particularly aft winning the authorities "by a landslide" during the statesmanlike predetermination successful November 2024. 

"The large authorities of Ohio. I emotion that state," helium said. "We won that authorities successful a landslide! I emotion Ohio! We'll ne'er fto you down. I swear, I promise."

To adjacent the ceremony, Day brought up his squad captains — Egbuka, Jack Sawyer and Cody Smith — to contiguous Trump with a customized Buckeyes jersey with his sanction and the fig 47 connected the back.

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