Kansas City Chiefs likely future Hall of Fame tight end Travis Kelce had three words to say when reporters asked him this week how he felt about President Donald Trump’s decision to attend Super Bowl Super Bowl LIX.
Kelce spoke as he and the Chiefs look to “three-peat” — that is, win three Super Bowl championships in a row — against the NFC champ Philadelphia Eagles.
“It’s an honor,” he said of Trump’s presence at the game on Sunday, which will take place at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. It will mark the first time a sitting president has attended the biggest NFL game of the year.
“That’s awesome. It’s a great honor,” Kelce said. “I think, you know, no matter who the president is, I know I’m excited because it’s the biggest game of my life, you know, and having the president there—it’s the best country in the world—and that’s pretty cool.”
NFL fans may have expected a different response from Kelce, who is famously dating pop music’s biggest star, Taylor Swift, the latter of whom publicly backed Joe Biden and other Democrats in the past.
Meanwhile, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes shared a similar sentiment, stating, “It’s always cool to be able to play in front of a sitting president. Someone that is at the top position in our country.”
Kelce’s response even drew praise from the left-wing co-hosts of ABC’s “The View.”
“This Taylor Swift fan is not mad about it,” Alyssa Farah Griffin began on Friday’s episode. “I thought it was totally classy, a diplomatic answer, and it’s big day.”
The former political strategist and member of Trump’s first administration pointed out that the “presidency is bigger than any one person.”
