NYT headline asks why Trump attended Alabama-Georgia game when he ‘says he’s in danger’

A New York Times headline asked why former President Trump sought “the embrace of 100,000 fans” while claiming on the campaign trail that “he was in danger.”

NYT writer Shawn McCreesh wrote that Trump appeared to “enjoy the dangers of his job” as he attended the Alabama-Georgia college football game Saturday night, despite having “bragged about the mortal danger he was in” after two assassination attempts is located”.

“Should his supporters, his rivals, the press and the public from now on view his every appearance as an act of death-defying bravery, as he and his supporters suspect? And whether he really is the most distinctive man in the world. “Why was he wandering around a football stadium in the Deep South, in a state where he doesn’t have to campaign, throwing away poultry and posing for selfies?” asked McCreesh on Sunday.

McCreesh added that “some” at the game expressed “cynicism” about Trump’s performance, referencing an anonymous grounds and facilities worker about safety measures.

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“I don’t think it’s a smart move for him to come,” the worker said. “I would say about half the people are probably upset.”

McCreesh reported: “Security was tight, traffic was gridlocked, bomb-sniffing dogs roamed the grounds and hundreds of thousands of people were told to arrive early to pass the magnetometers in time for kick-off.”

He also spoke with Thomas Radney, a 53-year-old attorney from Alabama who McCreesh described as “a rare Democrat among the red-clad, red-voting crowds there that day.”

“He’s as safe here as he is in his mother’s arms – 95 percent of the people here think he’s second,” Radney said.

Radney said Trump’s performance primarily served his ego.

“Alabama is going to vote for him by a large margin,” he said, “so the fact that he’s here just proves that he wants awards and people waving, that’s his whole thing. ‘I want people to cheer for me.’ “

The New York Times published a scathing op-ed about former President Trump two days after the assassination

Trump supporter Ben Wilson acknowledged that the former president probably shouldn’t have attended the game because of the tight security measures.

“I’m with him, but I would have preferred if he had just stayed away today,” Wilson said, “for logistical reasons.”

In a statement to Fox News Digital, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said: “Leave it to The New York Times to vilely label everyone a threat to democracy. They’re just angry that Kamala Harris would be booed out of the stadium if she did it.” The fact is that Kamala Harris, the Democrats and their media activists are the ones encouraging those who threaten President Trump’s safety. There have been two heinous assassination attempts on President Trump. Their violent rhetoric is directly to blame.”

He continued: “Their outright lies and weaponization of the justice system to perpetuate countless witch hunts against President Trump were nothing short of vile and despicable. “If the Democrats and Kamala Harris don’t come out and apologize for their hateful rhetoric and tone.” While striking down their attacks that have fanned the flames of violence, they are explicitly advocating for and inciting more bloodshed against President Trump.”

This was the first time this year that Trump attended a college football game.

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