"Our grotesque slob of a president attended the football game Sunday between the Detroit Lions and the Washington Commanders, held at the far-flung hell-hole of a suburban stadium that Commanders owner Josh Harris is in the process of abandoning. The occasion was the team's annual "Salute to Service" game, a time when the Commanders do more than the usual amount of pandering and flag-humping."
"For one thing, Donald Trump is not generally popular in Washington, D.C., or in Maryland, where the stadium is located, and is even less popular lately, with the DOGE RIF massacre and the shutdown of the federal government still crushing the local workforce. For another, the Commanders are playing like shit, their only authentically good young player is crabbed, fans are feeling pretty miserable, and the team was likely to lose Sunday and to be booed for it."
Donald Trump attended the Washington Commanders' Salute to Service game at a disliked suburban stadium. Commanders owner Josh Harris reinforced his owner's box with bulletproof glass for the appearance. Trump sat with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and House Speaker Mike Johnson. Local sentiments were hostile: Trump is unpopular in D.C. and Maryland, compounded by a recent massacre and a federal government shutdown that hit local workers. The Commanders are performing poorly, their notable young player was absent, and fans were disaffected and likely to boo. Heavy National Guard deployments around the city contributed to an atmosphere of intimidation and public unease.
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