Trump says Commanders 'have to get a touchdown' while in FOX booth; Washington's QB finds receiver for score

President Donald Trump stepped into the FOX booth successful betwixt legendary play-by-play antheral Kenny Albert and expert Jonathan Vilma during the Washington Commanders’ crippled against the Detroit Lions.

Commanders backmost Marcus Mariota drove down the tract to get Washington successful the reddish zone.

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President Donald Trump, left, participates successful an interrogation arsenic helium attends an NFL shot crippled betwixt the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions astatine Northwest Stadium successful Landover, Maryland connected Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

"I deliberation this is simply a precise important mates of plays," Trump said arsenic Mariota took the drawback connected 2nd-and-7 from the Lions’ 9-yard line. "… They person to get a touchdown. Let’s enactment it differently. They conscionable person to get a touchdown. Forget astir the play."

Washington scored 2 plays aboriginal erstwhile Mariota threw a 4-yard touchdown walk to Deebo Samuel. The Commanders failed to marque the 2-point conversion and were down 16 points to the Lions.

Trump was astatine Northwest Stadium for the NFL’s "Salute to Service" festivities. He work disconnected names of enlistees into the U.S. military. He was the archetypal sitting president to be a regular-season crippled since President Jimmy Carter did it successful 1978.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (L) watches U.S. President Donald Trump shingle the manus of a young instrumentality arsenic helium attends the NFL  football crippled betwixt the Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders astatine Northwest Stadium connected Nov. 9, 2025 successful Landover, Maryland.  (John McDonnell/Getty Images)

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Albert mentioned to Trump that Carter’s attendance came connected the aforesaid time Bucky Dent etched his sanction into the annals of past betwixt the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.

Trump has been astatine a fewer large sporting events since helium was inaugurated for his 2nd term, including the Super Bowl, Daytona 500, the U.S. Open and the Ryder Cup.

"I conscionable emotion it. It’s a microcosm of life," helium said of sports. "It’s benignant of similar life. The bully the atrocious and the ugly."

President Donald Trump walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his accomplishment astatine Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, aft returning from his Mar-a-Lago property successful Palm Beach, Florida, and en way to an NFL shot crippled betwixt the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

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Air Force One flew implicit Northwest Stadium earlier landing astatine Joint Base Andrews. Trump arrived conscionable earlier halftime of the game.

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