Washington – President Donald Trump welcomed Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and the renant champion Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House on Monday to congratulate them Win the World Series Last season.
Trump congratulated “the very talented people” who beat the New York Yankees in five games, while refusing to introduce some Democratic senators at the ceremony because “I simply do not like especially, so I will not present it (they).” The event came during a manic Monday for US actions after Trump doubled his rates.
Trump highlighted several Dodgers for his achievements last season, praising Ohtani for becoming baseball First 50 Base Player of Exchange 50, Japanese pitcher Yoshi Yamamoto and MVP of the NL championship series Tommy Edman.
Triumph Praised Betts For their game, and dug in Boston’s red socks for exchanging it to the Dodgers, and handed their hands in the ceremony.
Betts, the star gardener at that time for the 2018 champion Boston Red Sox, did not make that team’s journey to the White House the following year during Trump’s first mandate. Betts was in the Dodgers when they won the World Series in 2020 and attended the celebration The following low year President Joe Biden.
Betts, 32, is the lonely black player of the Dodgers who returned from the World Series team last season.
“No one else in this club has to go through a decision like this except me,” Betts said during the weekend of his decision. “That is what makes it difficult. But it is.
The manager Dave Roberts had called for the invitation a great honor that each World Series champion experiences. Roberts said that deciding to go to the White House was not a formal conversation that he and the players had.
The trip occurred almost a month after a website of the Defense Department that describes Brooklyn Dodgers, an icon of civil and large rights Jackie Robinson’s military service It was restored after he had come down.
This development occurred after the pages in honor of a winner of the Black Honor Medal and the members of the American Japanese service were eliminated, which the Pentagon said. It was a mistake – In the midst of the department’s effort to eliminate the content of the contributions of women and minority groups, which the Trump administration considers “DEI”.
Neither Robinson nor any other Greats Dodgers were mentioned in the ceremony.
Trump spoke briefly about the former owner of the New York Yankees, George Steinbrenner, whom the former New York called a friend. Trump also made fun of the notorious short rank of the late owner of the Yankees with his managers after congratulating Roberts.
“I think I would have lasted even with George Steinbrenner,” Trump said. “You lose two games and you are fired.”
The co -owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Mark Walter, and pitcher Clayton Kershaw gave brief comments at the White House. Kershaw introduced Trump a Dodgers shirt and number 47 on the back.
Trump could have given his hand that he expected the Dodgers, who were 9-2 to enter the game on Monday night in Washington, repeat as World Series champions.
“After seeing how successful the season has begun, I can tell him that he can plan to be back here, I hope he can come back here, next year,” Trump said.
The current NHL Florida Panthers Stanley champion became the first team Visit Trump in his second term when they were honored during a ceremony in the East room in early February.
The White House also said that recently the NFL Super Bowl champion, Philadelphia Eagles, accepted its invitation for April 28.
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