President Donald Trump was in attendance for the New York Yankees’ game against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, Sept. 11.
The Yankees held a pregame ceremony Thursday to ‘recognize the victims and heroes of 9/11’ on the 24th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Nearly 3,000 people died as a result of the terrorist attacks that happened on that day in 2001.
After the national anthem concluded in the stadium, members of the crowd started to chant “USA! USA!” with Trump seen joining in shortly after on the Fox News live stream on X.
Trump also met with the Yankees in the clubhouse before the game. The president was accompanied by Attorney General Pamela Bondi and William Pulte, the U.S. Director of Federal Housing, among others, at the game, according to CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs.
Trump stayed to watch the game, including Aaron Judge’s home run in the bottom of the first inning.
The New York players were wearing hats that read ‘NYPD’ and ‘FDNY’ to honor the emergency personnel who were on the scene in response to the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Pitchers Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodón and manager Aaron Boone were among the Yankees’ representatives to lay a wreath at Monument Park, a museum located in Yankee Stadium, where a plaque is dedicated in tribute to the innocent victims and heroes lost on 9/11.
The president has made appearances at several sporting events in 2025, including the US Open men’s tennis final in New York on Sept. 7.
The Yankees encouraged anyone with a ticket to arrive early due to ‘enhanced security measures.’ The stadium gates were scheduled to open at 4 p.m. ET, three hours before the scheduled first pitch.
Donald Trump’s history with baseball
During his first term as president, he attended Game 5 of the 2019 World Series between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington. Trump was greeted with boos when he was shown on the big screen.
In 2004, Trump’s helicopter landed in centerfield before he threw out the first pitch at a Somerset Patriots minor league game in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey.