Pat McAfee attends sporting event with President Trump wearing jeans and a backwards cap

President Donald Trump and his granddaughter Kai attended Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden, where they were greeted with chants of ‘USA’ before tipoff.

President Donald Trump, without a doubt the most sports-minded president in recent memory, is in Ohio on Tuesday night for the culmination of the 2026 Patriots Games – and he brought Pat McAfee in tow.

So the most beloved and most hated politician in the country, and the most beloved and most hated sports personality in the country (sorry, Stephen A.) hung out Tuesday evening.

Pat McAfee appears on the College GameDay show before a game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Georgia Bulldogs at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., on Sept. 13, 2025. (ISI Photos via Getty Images)

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McAfee, the former NFL punter and prolific ESPN personality, sports show host, and soon-to-be highest-paid employee, met Air Force One when it landed in the Midwest.

And, God bless McAfee, he was wearing a baseball cap. Backwards.

The dude is meeting the most powerful man on the planet and he wore jeans, a T-shirt, sneakers and a backwards cap to the meeting.

Told you he is at once beloved and bemoaned.

Trump got off the plane and stepped into a consistent rain shower. He held his umbrella with one hand and pointed at McAfee with the other. And McAfee stood in the rain and similarly pointed at Trump.

Pat McAfee makes his entrance during WrestleMania 42 Night 1 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev., on April 18, 2026. (Andrew Timms/WWE)

This is game recognizing game.

And this is going to set off some people. Because, did we mention? McAfee works at ESPN and the former World Wide Leader is not