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Tom Brady among those spotted in Donald Trump’s suite at FIFA Club World Cup
Brady was also spotted at MetLife Stadium with Robert Kraft.
Former Patriots QB Tom Brady was among several noteworthy guests spotted in President Donald Trump’s suite during Sunday’s FIFA Club World Cup between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain at MetLife Stadium.
According to The Guardian’s Hugo Lowell, Brady was part of a guest list in President Trump’s suite that included Rupert Murdoch, FIFA president Gianni Infantino, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
Brady — who was seen walking along the sideline at MetLife before Sunday’s game with Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Fanatics founder Michael Rubin — was captured in photos posted by the Daily Mail chatting with Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.
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Brady has had a long and complicated history with Trump over the years.
In September 2015, Brady said “it would be great’’ to have Trump in The White House, standing by his support of the soon-to-be President on WEEI in December 2015.
“Can I just stay out of this debate?’’ Brady said at the time. “Donald is a good friend of mine. I have known him for a long time. I support all my friends. That is what I have to say. He’s a good friend of mine. He’s always been so supportive of me — for the last 15 years, since I judged a beauty pageant for him, which was one of the very first things that I did that thought was really cool.
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“That came along with winning the Super Bowl. He’s always invited me to play golf. I’ve always enjoyed his company.”
But during a 2022 interview with Variety, Brady said that he had not spoken to Trump “in a lot of years,” adding that his relationship with the president was “mischaracterized a lot.”
“My personality isn’t ever one to insult anybody. I have plenty of my own flaws,” Brady said. “I’m not here to point out anyone else’s flaws. There are things that I agree with. There are things that I don’t,” Brady told Variety. “There are things I agree with my wife about. There are things that I don’t. I love her to death, but we don’t always see eye to eye.
“I don’t see eye to eye with anyone. And I’m not responsible for what other people say. I’m really responsible for what I say. So if people want to say things that I said or that I’m about, that’s up to them, and I’m not going to respond to all those things all the time either.”
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