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Trump heads to Super Bowl with a complicated NFL relationship

Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump signs a document in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on February 4, 2025.

Photo credit: Reuters

What you need to know:

  • Last year, as a presidential candidate, Trump ran ads during football games blasting his Democratic opponent, former Vice President Kamala Harris, for her stance on transgender rights. "Kamala's for they/them; President Trump is for you," the ad said.
  • It proved effective, and Trump has continued his crackdown on trans rights from the White House, last week signing an executive order seeking to exclude transgender girls and women from female sports.

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U.S. President Donald Trump heads to the Super Bowl on Sunday, the first sitting president to do so in person, despite a complicated relationship with the National Football League and a controversial history mixing politics and sports.