Donald Trump booed by the crowd during the anthem prior to Game 3 of the NBA Finals

[Dulcinea]

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was booed loudly by fans inside Madison Square Garden when he was shown on video screens during the national anthem as he became the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game.

Chants of “U-S-A! U-S-A!” echoed through the arena as Avery Wilson sang “The Star-Spangled Banner,” but they they gave way to boos moments later as Trump was displayed on the jumbo screens giving a military salute. The jeers ended when the U.S. flag followed him on the screens, and fans cheered when New York Knicks players were shown. Mentions of the San Antonio Spurs also elicited vociferous boos.

The president was unfazed. “It was, I think, mostly cheers,” he told reporters after the game before boarding Air Force One to return to Washington. “It was loud, and it was very enthusiastic.”

Trump watched Game 3 from Knicks owner James Dolan’s suite, along with granddaughter Kai, personal adviser Boris Epshteyn and Cabinet secretaries Lee Zeldin, Sean Duffy and Doug Burgum. He sat next to Dolan for the first quarter and spent part of the second talking to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Blakeman.

https://apnews.com/article/nba-finals-trump-knicks-new-york-7b43bea56ff57b48f72d365efd1b7ddb

[Ray Bruns]

1. "It was, I think, mostly cheers,"

The man is fucking delusional.

[ShazzieB]

10. This is exactly what I would have expected of him.

He has a desperate need to believe he is THE most wonderful, fantastic, amazing person to ever walk the earth. He wears his malignant narcissism like a suit of armor that protects him from ever having to confront unpleasant truths like those boos.

I'm sure he was aware of the boos, but admitting that to himself, much less to reporters, is absolutely out of the question, just like admitting that he actually lost the 2020 election. So yes, he's definitely delusional. On some level he does know the truth, but acknowledging it is not something he's capable of doing.

[Botany]

2. Boris Epshteyn was sitting with Trump?

Trump isn’t even trying to hide his Russian connections, corruption, and ties to all kinds of election
malfeasance, and that he pardoned Epshteyn for his role in 2020 and 2021

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Epshteyn

Trump pardoned high-profile individuals allegedly involved in his attempt to overturn the election, including Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Boris Epshteyn, John Eastman and Mark Meadows -- and 72 other individuals allegedly associated with the effort to challenge the 2020 election results.

[sop]

4. Boris never went away, Epshteyn is Trump's personal senior counsel and legal advisor in the White House

Boris coordinated the deal to drop Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS in return for the $1.776 billion.

[Fil1957]

3. This was soo predictable. Although I don't think anyone expected him to sleep through the game as much as he did.

[sakabatou]

6. Oh, they're not booing you, Sir, they're shouting "Boo-urns! Boo-urns!"

[ChicagoTeamster]

7. Good. I saw that online. It's all over the place. I was surprised Kimmel didn't cover it last night but Hanks brought up

booing at a basketball game and Kimmel covered Trump"s tantrum interview walkout.

Has any late night show or mainstream news station covered it.

[mdbl]

8. I yell FU at the TV everytime his ugly mugg appears.

Then I turn the channel. I would have been thrown out of the NBA game for what I would yell if I saw him in person.

[Quanto Magnus]

9. He thinks booing....

is cheering for him based on his statements?