Donald Trump Jr. was one of the millions watching the 2021 Super Bowl,
and the former president's son shared his astonished reaction
to Tom Brady winning his seventh title with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Trump Jr. tweeted:
"There is no question anymore as to who the GOAT is."
Trump added that it, quote, "wasn't coaching" that led to victory, but that "it was Brady and
it always was." The Trump Organization's vice president continued by declaring:
"That argument was settled tonight when he took a team no one thought
could win anything to the #SuperBowl and won at 43 years of age. Amazing."
The former President's son then corrected himself when one Twitter
user mentioned former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, saying:
"I take back my previous Tom Brady = GOAT tweet. He's a distant second greatest of all time."
Given his past comments about Colin Kaepernick and his political activism,
it's fair to assume Trump Jr. was joking.
Despite his positive reaction to Tom Brady's victory, Donald Trump Jr. has not always
been the biggest fan of the NFL. Some Twitter users were quick to point out his hypocrisy in
watching the game after his family spent the past few years criticizing the organization.
“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners,
when somebody disrespects our flag, to say ‘get that son of a b---- off the field right now.’”
His father, Donald Trump, previously called for an NFL boycott due to players protesting racial
inequality in 2020, declaring that he would no longer watch any games if players knelt during
the national anthem, as The BBC reported. Trump Jr. also slammed the NFL for allowing players to
express their political opinions, calling in a tweet from August 2020 for them to put, quote,
"the names of police officers killed in the line of duty on their helmets too."
In 2017, Trump Jr. called to boycott the NFL and lashed out at Roger Goodell after
the NFL commissioner criticized the then-president, tweeting:
"If only Roger Goodell cared as much about domestic abuse
and traumatic brain injury as he does about disrespecting America."
In 2021, Trump Jr. may have felt more enthusiasm for the sport,
but he still objected to any political statement at the Big Game, tweeting:
"One comercial in and it's already woketopia."
So how has the internet reacted to Donald Trump Jr.'s batch of 2021 Super Bowl tweets?
Some Twitter users enjoyed the former president's son's commentary,
while others were quick to throw dirt Trump Jr.'s way. If only Jr. had the Jason Alexander hoodie!
One user pushed back on Trump Jr.'s singlehanded praise of Brady, saying:
"Literally every analyst last year said they would be a contender if they had a decent QB."
Others were more critical, calling out Trump Jr.'s hypocrisy over his previous
NFL boycott, with one user tweeting in all caps, "I THOUGHT MAGA CANCELLED THE NFL."
Others called out Trump Jr.'s response to the outcome of another recent American contest.
In parody of Trump Jr. response to the results of the 2020 Presidential election, one user tweeted:
"I refuse to acknowledge the Bucs win tonight. I demand the game be replayed. It was rigged,
illegitimate Superbowl. Chiefs were winning in first quarter then I turned it off and just like
that the Bucs won. Chiefs are the real Super Bowl Champions....See how silly that sounds?"
Donald Trump Jr. was not the only former Trump White House
official to praise Tom Brady's performance at Super Bowl LV.
It may also be worth noting that Donald Trump Senior and Brady are not exactly
strangers. In 2015, a "Make America Great Again" hat was spotted in Brady's locker.
Brady said it was a gift from Patriots owner Robert Kraft, a Trump donor. Even so,
Brady and the former president have played a few rounds of golf together.
“Tom Brady…Great
guy. Great guy.”
Speaking of Trump’s golf game around that time, Brady told GQ, quote, "He just doesn't lose."
However, in 2017, it appeared that the relationship between the quarterback and President
was frayed, or at least put on pause, as Brady did not attend the Patriots' post-Super Bowl trip to
the White House. Brady told The Boston Globe in 2016, quote, "I'm not talking politics anymore."
That said, Brady has definitely been dragged for his Trump affiliations. Regardless,
perhaps there's more behind Donald Trump Jr.'s praise than just Tom Brady's impressive gameplay.
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