The Dodgers visited the White House on Monday, but it was Donald Trump who appeared to be the most awestruck person in the building … as he fanboyed out over Shohei Ohtani. The L.A. slugger and the rest of the Boys in Blue cruised out to 1600…
The Dodgers visited the White House on Monday, but it was Donald Trump who appeared to be the most awestruck person in the building … as he fanboyed out over Shohei Ohtani. The L.A. slugger and the rest of the Boys in Blue cruised out to 1600…
The Dodgers visited the White House on Monday, but it was Donald Trump who appeared to be the most awestruck person in the building … as he fanboyed out over Shohei Ohtani.
The L.A. slugger and the rest of the Boys in Blue cruised out to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue just a few hours before their game with the Nationals to celebrate their 2024 World Series title … and Trump was clearly enamored with the team’s Japanese two-way player.
Trump called Shohei out by name during his speech about the Dodgers’ big year … praising him for his one-of-a-kind 50-50 season.
At one point, he paused his words to shake Ohtani’s hand … and he glowed in the immediate aftermath of their interaction.
“He’s like a movie star!” Trump said.
Donald, of course, shouted out a few other players too … including Max Muncy, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tommy Edman, Freddie Freeman, Kike Hernandez, Teoscar Hernandez and Blake Treinen.
He also showed love to Mookie Betts — who famously declined a trip to Trump’s White House in 2019 when he was a member of the 2018 champion Red Sox — calling him an “unbelievable” baseball player.
“I watched him when he was on Boston,” Trump said. “I didn’t think that was a particularly good trade when” the Red Sox dealt him to L.A., “and I happened to be right.”
Trump also had some compliments for Clayton Kershaw, who ended up gifting POTUS with a customized No. 47 Trump Dodgers jersey.
Trump promised to show the team the Oval Office following the festivities — but the guys won’t be able to stick around long to soak things in … first pitch at Nationals Park is slated for 6:45 PM ET!!!