On Sunday in New Orleans, he will become the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl in person.
The Philadelphia Eagles, Super Bowl winners in the 2017-18 season, were disinvited by the White House after several players said they would not attend.
Sporting footholdYet just like the expansion of his electoral base during the presidential campaign, Trump has gradually found a foothold in sport over the past year.
Amy Bass, a professor of sports studies at Manhattanville University in New York, says Trump’s decision to attend the Super Bowl is political.
Some have interpreted the NFL’s decision to remove the words “End Racism” from the end zone at this weekend’s Super Bowl as a concession to the “anti-woke” stance of the new Trump administration.

Sport and politics mix as Trump heads to Super Bowl