Trump arrives at Yankee Stadium, gives speech to team ahead of 9/11 anniversary game

President Donald Trump greeted New York Yankees players in their clubhouse and told them they’re going to ‘go all the way.’

NEW YORK – President Donald Trump arrived at Yankee Stadium Thursday and spoke to members of the New York Yankees ahead of their 9/11 anniversary game against the Detroit Tigers.

Trump landed in New York shortly after 6 p.m. A couple of hours earlier, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said, Trump was meeting with the team in the clubhouse before the game.

Trump went into the locker room about 30 minutes before the game started, calling the Steinbrenners a "great family."

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President Donald Trump talks to players in the New York Yankees' locker room before a game against the Detroit Tigers Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in New York.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

"It’s a great family. [Team president] Randy [Levine] is wonderful, and I will say, you’re gonna win. George used to for some reason. I don’t know what it was, we won every time I came. Every time I came, we’d win a game. If you think that was easy, sitting with him for a game, it wasn’t. It was brutal. We were exhausted at the end. But we won, and you’re going to win. You’re gonna go all the way. Can you get in the playoff? I think. How about tonight? We start tonight, and you’re gonna do well.

"Randy was telling me the Boston Red Sox came to the Oval Office. They wanted to come. What am I gonna do? Say no? And they won 15 games in a row. I just want to wish you guys a lot of luck. You’re great players. I know every one of you."

Trump then shook hands with everyone in the clubhouse, joking that he wished Aaron Judge was "a little bit bigger." 

"If you have that much muscle, you have to hit the ball