John Harbaugh says Trump’s endorsement as Giants head coach ‘feels really great’

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey – New York Giants head coach John Harbaugh reacted to President Donald Trump’s endorsement Tuesday when he was officially introduced to the media in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

News Digital asked Harbaugh how it felt to receive the president’s endorsement.

“It feels really great,” Harbaugh said with a big smile. “I also noticed that in that post it said, ‘And John, take the job!’ So I thought John Mara might have had something to do with it. I don’t know. But it’s great.

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“It’s sports. Everybody’s excited. Everybody follows it. At every level, people follow football. They follow the Giants. They follow the National Football League. Like we said, it’s the biggest sport. It’s the most iconic franchise in the biggest sport. So here we are.”

Trump again had glowing words to say about the former Baltimore Ravens head coach while speaking to the White House press pool before returning to Washington, D.C. from the college football national championship.

He said he didn’t believe he had any influence on the decision, but added that the Giants got a “great coach.”

“I like the coach. I like his brother,” he said. “They came to see me about three months ago. They came to see me at the White House with their mother and father because the mother likes me, the father likes me and I think they like me.

“And he’s a great coach and he’ll do well with the Giants, just like his brother is doing so well. They have something very special in their blood. And I’m happy for the Giants. They have a great coach.”

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Trump first endorsed Harbaugh in a post on Truth Social, and then specifically endorsed the idea of ​​the Giants hiring him.

“The New York Football Giants should absolutely hire John Harbaugh. And John, a great guy, should TAKE THE JOB!!!” he wrote earlier this month.

John and Jim Harbaugh and their families met with Trump at the White House over the summer. The meeting prompted Harbaugh to defend himself after a reporter asked a question about the visit surrounding Trump’s past comments criticizing Baltimore as a city.

“How did you ask that question? I would have asked it like this: ‘You had a chance to visit the president, man. What was that experience like?'” Harbaugh said at the time. “It was incredible. It was incredible. And I promise you that I support our president. I want our president to be successful just like I want my quarterback to be successful, and I want my team to be successful, and it was an incredible experience. It’s not often that you get invited and have the opportunity to do something like that as a family.”

Jim Harbaugh echoed his brother’s sentiments.

“There’s a lot of gratitude for being invited to the White House to meet the president with my family, my mom and dad. President Trump was just great with my mom and dad. That meant a lot. My brother John; his daughter Allison; my two daughters, Addie and Katie; and my sister Joanie; and my niece Ainsley. So there’s nine of us, and it was great.”

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The Ravens made the playoffs 12 times with Harbaugh in charge and won the Super Bowl in the 2012 season, a year after the Giants’ most recent championship.

Paulina Dedaj of News contributed to this report.