Trump posted this AI fantasy slop of him dunking in a Knicks uniform to his social media on May 30.
One thing we know for sure. Donald Trump wasn’t at Madison Square Garden the night Renaldo Balkman got picked 20th in the 2006 draft. He wasn’t there for the Isiah Thomas years, the sexual harassment settlement, the Eddy Curry trade, the Jerome James signing. He wasn’t courtside for the Andrea Bargnani botched dunk. Or Lou Amundson hoops. Real Knicks fans were doing what real Knicks fans do, showing up, suffering, and showing up again. Bleeding orange and blue means sometimes you get cut. Meanwhile,Donald Trump was hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein.
Now the Knicks are up 2-0 in the NBA Finals, two wins from the first championship since 1973, and suddenly the president of the United States is coming to MSG. James Dolan is a long-time friend of Trump. He was a Mar-a-Lago wedding guest and a six-figure political donor. Dolan wasthe one who invited Trumpto watch the Finals.
Now thousands of fans who paid eye-watering prices to witness a once-in-a-generation moment are beingtold to show up two hours early, surrender their bags, and submit to TSA-style screening. Because the president of the United States can’t resist making himself the main character, again.
I hate Donald Trump. I’m not a Republican or Democrat. I reject the two-party system and am only a supporter of America. I also reject conservatism and liberalism. I despise far-left and far-right allegiance. I’m truly independent and prefer the marketplace of ideas.
But this story is a perfect collision of sports, money, politics, and real estate that cuts right to the heart of how power works in America. And it’s worth contextualizing.
Donald Trump has positioned himself as a lifelong Knicks devotee. He attended games in the Patrick Ewing era. So did every New York media figure with courtside connections. But during the dark years, the Isiah Thomas era, the Phil Jackson era, the Steve Mills era, the decade-plus of playoff futility, where was Trump?
Now the Knicks are up 2-0 in the NBA Finals, and suddenly he’s coming to Game 3, but potentially Game 4 as well. Speaking to reporters, he offered a recap hoping to sound like a Knicks die-hard.
“I missed the middle because I talk to generals all night long now, but I watched that end of the game and they were dominant. Really amazing.”— President Donald Trump, on Game 1 of the NBA Finals
He praised the Knicks for figuring out how to guard Victor Wembanyama. He called the team "great." He said he's "been a fan for a long time." All the vocabulary of someone rediscovering fandom in the Finals.
Source: Drudge Report
