President Trump didn’t maintain again on the mic in the course of the Dodgers’ go to to the White Home to rejoice their 2024 World Sequence win over the Yankees on Monday.
Trump threw shade on the Purple Sox for buying and selling away former AL MVP Mookie Betts to the Dodgers in 2020 — and at one level, he complimented Shohei Ohtani’s look and likened the Dodgers slugger to a film star.
“Mookie. That man can play, can’t he? I imply, unbelievable,” Trump, 78, mentioned of the veteran. “I don’t wish to say I watched him on Boston, however I did.
“I didn’t assume that was a very good commerce once they made it, and I occurred to be proper.”
In February 2020, the Dodgers acquired Betts, in addition to former Cy Younger Award winner David Worth and money from the Purple Sox for outfielder Alex Verdugo, shortstop Jeter Downs and catcher Connor Wong.
The transfer was despised from the bounce from the Purple Sox fan base with Betts excited about signing a long-term deal to remain in Boston.
The Purple Sox have completed in final place within the AL East 3 times within the 5 seasons since buying and selling away Betts, and have solely made the postseason as soon as.
In the meantime, Betts has received two extra World Sequence in Los Angeles with final 12 months’s alongside Ohtani, who crushed 54 house runs in his first season with the franchise.
“He appears like a film star,” Trump mentioned of the 30-year-old Japanese star. “He’s obtained future, I’m telling you.”
Trump went on to name Dodgers’ supervisor Dave Roberts “one of many best managers ever to put on the Dodger blue.”
The president added that he hopes the Dodgers will win the 2025 World Sequence to allow them to return to the White Home.
“I hope you’re going to be again right here subsequent 12 months,” Trump mentioned.
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw and group proprietor Mark Walter introduced Trump with a customized jersey together with his title and No. 47 on the again.
On Friday, Betts introduced that he would attend the Dodgers’ White Home go to after he declined Trump’s invitation to rejoice the Purple Sox’s 2018 World Sequence win over the Dodgers.
“Being Black in America in a state of affairs like this, it’s a tricky spot to be in,” Betts mentioned on Friday. “It doesn’t matter what I select, someone goes to be pissed. This isn’t about me. This isn’t about politics. That is in regards to the Dodgers and my loyalty to those boys within the clubhouse.”
Final month, the Dodgers introduced they’d settle for Trump’s invitation to the White Home “in line with long-standing baseball custom.”
