Trump says keeping Pete Rose out of Hall of Fame is a 'disservice'

President Trump and the Rose family are asking Major League Baseball to honor the memory of the late Pete Rose.

President Donald Trump reaffirmed his stance that Pete Rose should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame on Friday.

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump suggested that his absence from the Hall of Fame is a "disservice."

"I think Pete Rose should have been in the Baseball Hall of Fame a long time ago," Trump said. "I think baseball did a great disservice by not respecting his achievements on the field."

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Donald Trump supports Pete Rose's induction into the Hall of Fame, a move that appears likely to happen. (IMAGN)

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred removed Rose and several other players from the ineligible list in May 2025, allowing the possibility of those athletes being voted into the Hall of Fame. He admitted at an owners meeting news conference that Trump’s support for Rose was one of the many factors that went into the decision.

"The president was one of a number of voices that was supportive of the idea that this was the right decision," Manfred said last May. "Obviously, I have respect for the office, and the advice that he gave I paid attention to, but I had a lot of other people that were weighing in on the topic as well."

Trump wrote on Truth Social in March 2025 that he would pardon Rose. He and Manfred met in April about Rose’s Hall of Fame candidacy.

"Major League Baseball didn’t have the courage or decency to put the late, great, Pete Rose, also known as ‘Charlie Hustle,’ into the Baseball Hall of fame. Now he is dead, will never experience the thrill of being selected, even though he was a FAR BETTER PLAYER than most of those who made it, and