June 8, 2026
We Beg You Mr. President, Don’t Come To NY
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RSS Feed New York Knicks fans are outraged the city’s planned celebrations for tonight’s game are being upended because President Trump plans to attend. The city announcing it won’t allow a watch party outside of Madison Square Garden for game 3 of the NBA finals tonight. In fact, even fans with tickets will be forced into TSA like security protocols with a strict NO bag policy going into the Garden. Fan reaction on social media is spicy, saying Trump is ruining the vibes for a city that’s waited 27 years to host an NBA finals game. We can already hear the booing in the arena now….
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Speaker 1: Hey, folks, it is Monday, June eighth, and the very exciting day here and New York City. Yes, the Knicks are in the NBA Finals. First time we got an NBA Finals game in this city in some twenty seven years. Cancel the party. Trump is coming. Welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ. This is not a political statement, not even a personal one. But come on, Robes, there.
00:00:28
Speaker 2: Are a lot of folks who are very upset with the President. It has nothing to do with the job he's doing in the Oval Office. It is the fact that he is literally raining on our parade.
00:00:40
Speaker 1: Oh okay, let me ask, are we making too much? Not UNI, but are people making too much of this? He's coming? So what a little longer line, a little disruption with some traffic. What's the big wolf.
00:00:54
Speaker 2: It's a huge, big deal, and you know it is not only is it traffic related, but also parties are being canceled. People's plans have to be changed. People have to get to Madison Square Garden hours before they normally would have to go through tsa style of screenings. This is a huge inconvenience and changes exactly kind of how people were planning to watch and celebrate something that they've been waiting decades to do.
00:01:23
Speaker 1: Okay, I'm taking the other side of it for whatever reason right now, and I'm trying to as a fan, as a as a New Yorker. This is just something you deal with and you just take it. What are we actually saying we wish we do New Yorkers from what you have been reading, and you're going to be sharing what a lot of fans are saying. Not nasty stuff, but you say you picked out some hilarious stuff. But what's the general tone of.
00:01:46
Speaker 2: Their pin They're pissed, they're annoyed, they think, yes, they think it's selfish. They don't want him to come, and there are all sorts of plans on how to well, let's just say how they're going to show their feelings towards President Trump this evening.
00:02:03
Speaker 1: Okay, So, folks, if you haven't heard, yes, the Knicks are in the finals first time in twenty seven years. Haven't won a championship in fifty three years. But tonight, tonight is actually the first NBA Finals game to take place in this city in twenty seven years.
00:02:21
Speaker 2: Ninety nine probably is the last time.
00:02:24
Speaker 1: That the thing that's happening today hasn't happened in twenty seven years in this town. Fans are getting a chance to experience it for the first time, and it's going to feel a lot different than it probably should. Robes, because of his presence now is disrupting everything. Yes, we know he is from New York. We know it's not a surprise he goes to the super Bowl. Right, he didn't even go to the super Bowl. He went to something. He goes to big events, sporting events. We shouldn't be surprised, Robes, but this one feels a little different.
00:02:57
Speaker 2: It does. Look, this is the first time a city president will attend an NBA Finals game ever. And look, there's a reason. Usually presidents are kind of busy with their schedules, and I do think there's an acknowledgment that when they show up. It's like I know people who have said they don't invite famous people to their weddings, or a lot of times people won't go to someone's because they don't want to upstage the bride. Like there is this sense or an idea that you recognize your presidence somewhere will upstage the game or will create enough of a disruption that it will distract from actually enjoying what's happening. And that is exactly what seems to be happening here today in Manhattan, with something that's exceptional, something that's historic. And yes, I've been a New Yorker for twenty something years now, obviously this is my first time ever experiencing this city. With our team going to the finals and us hosting the finals, this is a huge deal and a first for a lot of folks. And it's true that the President is upending things.
00:04:00
Speaker 1: And when we say up ending, we'll start with the party. Now, folks I think generally have an idea, but this arena sits smack dab in the middle of Manhattan, right that thirty like the thirtieth to forty second area right Times can get up into Times Square, But that whole chunk is just one place you don't want to be generally because it's so.
00:04:29
Speaker 2: Can gestation, Yeahs Square, Garden, all the Girls Square.
00:04:33
Speaker 1: Wonderful restaurants, tourist attractions around all of this. You don't want to be there, but it is really the lifeblood. It's a heartbeat of this city in a lot of ways. So that's where everybody is trying to go. It's kind of a perfect place to have a big party if you just want to go down there and stand around. Yeah, so they had that party. They were expecting that party robes outside again tonight because the cheapest ticket.
00:04:59
Speaker 2: Is like five, it's nine thousand.
00:05:01
Speaker 1: Now sorry my bad, it is now nine grand again. I thought I was going down actually owing his announcement.
00:05:07
Speaker 2: No, actually went up.
00:05:09
Speaker 1: So you can't get into place. So here is a big you can experience it with a bunch of fans outside. Thousands got together at the last game, expecting the same robes this time, but it ain't happening.
00:05:20
Speaker 2: No, it's not. In fact, there was an official announcement release once they realized that the President of the United States was going to be in attendance for Game three, So the announcement was there will be no watch parties outside of Madison Square Garden for Game three only. This was done fully in coordination with the Secret Service because of the presidential visit. We expect watch parties at Madison Square Garden to resume for Game four, and they did announce other watch parties throughout the city. They have one in Central Park, they have one at the Brooklyn Bowl, and they just added another one in Bryant Park, So there will be other areas around the city. But there is something special about being right there at Madison Square Garden, and that has been obviously the prime spot for folks. And look, people can't afford these tickets. Court side seats have been auctioned off for several hundred thousand dollars. So the nosebleeds we're talking are now nine grand some of you. I've seen some articles putting it at Solois's ten grand. Now this is not accessible for the majority of people.
00:06:26
Speaker 1: And so now you have a situation Robes that you, look, we know this city and fans pretty well. There are some hard court nick fans, yes, who walk around what no matter how well the team is doing with their nick stuff on proudly romes to think they won't have an opportunity to be near the mecca for basketball, near the most famous arena in the world, on this night where something hasn't happened there in twenty seven years. Robes, I hate that. I hate that part because I do think about all the annoying Knicks fans. Sometimes I say annoying, and sometimes they get they're just out of control. It's great, it's fun, it's a blast. But I think about them and I want them to have that, I know desperately enough. You know, I've been to a bunch of NBA Finals ropes. Every time I walk out of that arena, there's a whole big crowd watching on the screen. It's a part of it. At every NBA Finals, they're outside. So now they have to go what.
00:07:27
Speaker 2: Up to Central Park? Bryan Park, I guess might be the closest one, but yeah, second right, yeah, And so I think that's why they opened up Brian Park because they figured that would be come close enough to the garden, or at least closer to the garden. And look for the folks who did get those coveted tickets. They are going to be dealing with unbelievable security. You looked at the list, there's an entire list from the Secret Service of all the banned items. There's more than two dozen. Some of them should be banned forever, should never be allowed actually anywhere.
00:08:00
Speaker 1: Of a flipper zero until now. I can't explain it that well, but they say it's like a Swiss army knife knife for the digital age, and it can break into and open every digital device and credit cards. It's something that hacksters use. It's called a flipper zero.
00:08:16
Speaker 2: Well on the list, it's banned and it should be banned everywhere. But yes, you can't bring a selfie stick. You can't bring any sort of cooler like an insulated bottle basically or a thermost that's where. Yes, but you have to arrive at least two hours before tip off. No bags of any size, not even the clearer. You can't bring any bag. And they say you will be going through TSA style screening procedures.
00:08:40
Speaker 1: Hey, can you help me with this? They say two hours ahead of time, but didn't they also say that the screening doesn't open until six point thirty.
00:08:48
Speaker 2: Yeah, but maybe you'll probably line up. Oh my guarantee, people are going to get like to that line hours ahead of time so that it can be first through the lines.
00:08:58
Speaker 1: So now you got nine teen thousand people ye into trying to get into the same time.
00:09:04
Speaker 2: Yep. And so this is going to be chaotic, to say the least.
00:09:08
Speaker 1: Well, surely they've done that. I'm trying to think of something similar where a president or something like this had to happen at MSG and they handled it just fine. They had.
00:09:17
Speaker 2: But he's the first to be at an NBA Finals game period, let alone in New York City.
00:09:21
Speaker 1: This sounds like it could go bad.
00:09:23
Speaker 2: This is concerning, but yes, the President made it very clear. He said the Knick's owner, James Dolan invited him. So he said, of course, I said yes. And then he said, has he gone beyond this? Because he said Dolan invited me, and I'm going. I'll be there. It could be Monday. Maybe I'll do both Game three and Game four. He actually floated that he might do for both. And this is interesting. So on deducy or hear his comments on Friday on Air Force one. A reporter said to him, hey, mister President, the cheapest price for Game three you're going to is eight thousand. That was on Friday. Every day Americans can't afford these sporting events. Trump's answer, Well, I know, but they can watch it on television. It's sort of semi free to watch it on television. That's the way life goes. If the team wasn't a big success, you could go very easily. So you know you can. You can do that too.
00:10:17
Speaker 1: It's the market, baby, I don't ask.
00:10:19
Speaker 2: Zero more compassion. So you think that you because you said this before we got on in front of the mics. You said, you think it's possible that President Trump would sit this one out because he realizes all of the chaos that he's causing. Just hearing his answer about the ticket prices makes me feel like he doesn't give it. Damn.
00:10:40
Speaker 1: I wonder how closely is they're listening. I was just about to say he's not delusional, but at times he does seem to be. Maybe so does he not get what he's stepping into? Does he really not get the reception that he is going to get tonight from those fans in the arena if they show him, he's going to want celebrities to come be around him. Are they all going to be avoiding him?
00:11:07
Speaker 2: Like the kids can be sitting next to Timothy Chalamey and.
00:11:11
Speaker 1: Sweetheart like are all of them though? Do they have to keep their distance from him? He's going to be up in a booth, up in a box.
00:11:19
Speaker 2: Well, because I would think for security purposes, he's going to need to be behind bulletproof glass. I don't know. We shall see, but yes, speaking of Trump and his reception and what it's going to be like for him there in that arena. Well when we come back. Yes, we have some very spicy fan reaction on the anticipation of Trump coming to MSG and some online betting services already predicting how Trump will be received. Welcome back, everybody. We are talking about President Trump coming to New York City to Game three of the NBA Finals and pissing off a lot of Knicks fans and New Yorkers in the process.
00:12:07
Speaker 1: Still think, I still think it's possible he's gonna.
00:12:10
Speaker 2: Canl He only won thirty of the vote here in New York, so what does he care.
00:12:14
Speaker 1: It's his hometown. He can claim that. But I think he might cancel.
00:12:18
Speaker 2: Oh, by the way, we did we mention Mom Donnie's going to be there too. So we've got President Trump and Mayor Mom Donnie in MSG together.
00:12:27
Speaker 1: For the everybody's going to be in that building. He okay, I'm not when you said, Mom Donnie. Now, this is why I think he won't cancel. He knows it's the most famous room in the world. He knows everybody that's hot, and that's anybody is in that room. He likes to be where it's hot and it's access that he can get ah, yeah, he's probably not going to cancel.
00:12:48
Speaker 2: He's not. But listen to some of these social media comments, some of them I got, I got one, just four, I.
00:12:54
Speaker 1: Had a bunch.
00:12:55
Speaker 2: Oh, I could go I could go back on and find some more. But these are these are some good ones. It doesn't matter who you voted for. Banning the great vibes outside MSG before, during, and after games, especially on a night the Knicks play their first NBA Finals home game in twenty seven years, objectively sucks So I thought that was fair, Like they're not even getting political, They're just saying, no matter what, this ain't cool. That's the main thing. National security is important. But this sucks. I really hate that weirdo making the Finals about himself right now. Nobody wants you here. You're ruining the vibe, and now there's no watch party for the fans. He is not a Knicks fan.
00:13:40
Speaker 1: He's a fan of winners.
00:13:42
Speaker 2: But is he a Knicks fan?
00:13:43
Speaker 1: He's a fan of winners. So yes, this.
00:13:47
Speaker 2: Year, how can we take the coolest thing to ever happen to New York City and make it feel more like LaGuardia during a TSA strike. Wow, I thought that one was on points.
00:13:59
Speaker 1: I was gonna say Guardian on a Wednesday to pick any day, but Guardia feels like that.
00:14:04
Speaker 2: I mean, people are upset.
00:14:06
Speaker 1: Well, this is I potentially this could be a mess outside that arena tonight.
00:14:12
Speaker 2: I mean, people get there's some really rude ones. First finals in twenty fing years and we have to have a e fing convicted criminal child rapist with record low approval ratings killing the vibe.
00:14:23
Speaker 1: I mean those are the best.
00:14:24
Speaker 2: I'm just saying those are the like. There are people who go there, like really really really go there. But look, I think people who are being fair that the ones I had were It didn't seem politically motivated. It was frustration from actual Knicks fans.
00:14:39
Speaker 1: Okay, let's go with another president. What if Biden showed up. What if Obama had shown up? What if even George W. Buss has shown up to an NBA Finals game? Right, the security might be the same, but with the reception for that president be the same reception meaning we don't want you here, don't come to our town, don't be a.
00:14:58
Speaker 2: Part of our things. It's no, this is the this is directed at Trump. And so to that point you'll see on social media there is a huge rallying call to boo the you know what out of President Trump, boo him into next week, boo the f out of him. I mean, there are so many folks just saying that's what we're gonna do. So anytime they see him, they want to make sure he feels wildly unwelcome. I don't know, how do you think that's going to go over.
00:15:27
Speaker 1: I mean, they can't wait to see his face if he's going to be in there, They can't wait to boom. They can't wait to boo them because everybody in there was just inconvenience because of him being there. This is the only way they can get a message to the President of United States.
00:15:40
Speaker 2: Now, I did hear this because they said, consider the clientele, Consider who normally NBA fans that they've done some breakdowns about how many of your Democrats, how many Republicans. Overwhelmingly, this is more of an Obama style crowd versus a Trump like NASCAR slash football. Even like other sporting events that might tend to bring more Republicans out these, this basketball game tends to bring more Democrats. However, the point was made, if you have some of the cheapest seats. I think before all of this, maybe it was four thousand and five thousand. Say it's up to ten thousand now for the nosebleeds. And then go ahead and do the math that some folks are paying, you know, eight figures, nine figures whatever for these tickets. This is insane. I'm exaggerating. But that you've got a higher clientele, will they be less likely to move the president? That that was what some folks have said. Really doing that, you'll see how boogie the crowd is based on how loud the booze are.
00:16:35
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, you're gonna hear booths.
00:16:37
Speaker 2: It's boogey. It's this time. It's not going to matter what your annual income is. It's going to be loud.
00:16:44
Speaker 1: I cannot see and I cannot believe this. Baby, I'm seeing that they're going you can't you can't get through security until six thirty. The doors don't open. It.
00:16:52
Speaker 2: That doesn't mean a line is going to start at noon.
00:16:55
Speaker 1: Robes how this is a potential to be a mess?
00:17:00
Speaker 2: Uh?
00:17:01
Speaker 1: May I have random I ain't thought about this, And I don't know how many years it was before Obama became president, he was running, we were doing an event in Cincinnati, Nash. I can't remember the event, but I was a featured speaker and he was after me. Roes. We didn't know he was coming until maybe that day or the day before. Robes. The chaos it caused because now Secret Service has to come in and do all this stuff. An event that we were all expected to just walk into. People are showing up three four hours ahead, and it was I remember the mess and how ugly that got in Cincinnati, in Cincinnati with far fewer people attending than we'll be attending tonight.
00:17:43
Speaker 2: And the pressure and just the history and all of the eyes that are on this city on this night. And look, I hope we're calm, because that's gonna be frustrating because there are politics are still in the undercurrent of it all as well, so this is tough to look. Trump loves his sports. He was the first president to attend the Super Bowl. He took the presidential limousine on a pace lap at the Daytona five.
00:18:08
Speaker 1: Hundred, which I appreciate.
00:18:09
Speaker 2: And let's remember the UFC fight is supposed to be taking place on Sunday on the White House grounds. Yeah, he attended the final rounds of two golf tournaments hosted it Trump owned courses this year. He has made it very known throughout his presidency that he likes sports and he likes attending sporting events. As president.
00:18:29
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, world cop, he's going to be all over that. We got the Olympics. He's going to be all over that. Wow. Get used to seeing him at all again, used.
00:18:37
Speaker 2: To security that you've never seen before. Yay. But hey go Nicks. We'll be watching and yes, maybe just keeping our distance from Madison Square Garden here in Battery Park City. All right, we'll let you know how it goes. Everybody, just want to give you a heads up. Thank you as always for listening to us. I made robot along inside T J. Holmes. We'll talk to you soon
Speaker 1: Hey, folks, it is Monday, June eighth, and the very exciting day here and New York City. Yes, the Knicks are in the NBA Finals. First time we got an NBA Finals game in this city in some twenty seven years. Cancel the party. Trump is coming. Welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ. This is not a political statement, not even a personal one. But come on, Robes, there.
00:00:28
Speaker 2: Are a lot of folks who are very upset with the President. It has nothing to do with the job he's doing in the Oval Office. It is the fact that he is literally raining on our parade.
00:00:40
Speaker 1: Oh okay, let me ask, are we making too much? Not UNI, but are people making too much of this? He's coming? So what a little longer line, a little disruption with some traffic. What's the big wolf.
00:00:54
Speaker 2: It's a huge, big deal, and you know it is not only is it traffic related, but also parties are being canceled. People's plans have to be changed. People have to get to Madison Square Garden hours before they normally would have to go through tsa style of screenings. This is a huge inconvenience and changes exactly kind of how people were planning to watch and celebrate something that they've been waiting decades to do.
00:01:23
Speaker 1: Okay, I'm taking the other side of it for whatever reason right now, and I'm trying to as a fan, as a as a New Yorker. This is just something you deal with and you just take it. What are we actually saying we wish we do New Yorkers from what you have been reading, and you're going to be sharing what a lot of fans are saying. Not nasty stuff, but you say you picked out some hilarious stuff. But what's the general tone of.
00:01:46
Speaker 2: Their pin They're pissed, they're annoyed, they think, yes, they think it's selfish. They don't want him to come, and there are all sorts of plans on how to well, let's just say how they're going to show their feelings towards President Trump this evening.
00:02:03
Speaker 1: Okay, So, folks, if you haven't heard, yes, the Knicks are in the finals first time in twenty seven years. Haven't won a championship in fifty three years. But tonight, tonight is actually the first NBA Finals game to take place in this city in twenty seven years.
00:02:21
Speaker 2: Ninety nine probably is the last time.
00:02:24
Speaker 1: That the thing that's happening today hasn't happened in twenty seven years in this town. Fans are getting a chance to experience it for the first time, and it's going to feel a lot different than it probably should. Robes, because of his presence now is disrupting everything. Yes, we know he is from New York. We know it's not a surprise he goes to the super Bowl. Right, he didn't even go to the super Bowl. He went to something. He goes to big events, sporting events. We shouldn't be surprised, Robes, but this one feels a little different.
00:02:57
Speaker 2: It does. Look, this is the first time a city president will attend an NBA Finals game ever. And look, there's a reason. Usually presidents are kind of busy with their schedules, and I do think there's an acknowledgment that when they show up. It's like I know people who have said they don't invite famous people to their weddings, or a lot of times people won't go to someone's because they don't want to upstage the bride. Like there is this sense or an idea that you recognize your presidence somewhere will upstage the game or will create enough of a disruption that it will distract from actually enjoying what's happening. And that is exactly what seems to be happening here today in Manhattan, with something that's exceptional, something that's historic. And yes, I've been a New Yorker for twenty something years now, obviously this is my first time ever experiencing this city. With our team going to the finals and us hosting the finals, this is a huge deal and a first for a lot of folks. And it's true that the President is upending things.
00:04:00
Speaker 1: And when we say up ending, we'll start with the party. Now, folks I think generally have an idea, but this arena sits smack dab in the middle of Manhattan, right that thirty like the thirtieth to forty second area right Times can get up into Times Square, But that whole chunk is just one place you don't want to be generally because it's so.
00:04:29
Speaker 2: Can gestation, Yeahs Square, Garden, all the Girls Square.
00:04:33
Speaker 1: Wonderful restaurants, tourist attractions around all of this. You don't want to be there, but it is really the lifeblood. It's a heartbeat of this city in a lot of ways. So that's where everybody is trying to go. It's kind of a perfect place to have a big party if you just want to go down there and stand around. Yeah, so they had that party. They were expecting that party robes outside again tonight because the cheapest ticket.
00:04:59
Speaker 2: Is like five, it's nine thousand.
00:05:01
Speaker 1: Now sorry my bad, it is now nine grand again. I thought I was going down actually owing his announcement.
00:05:07
Speaker 2: No, actually went up.
00:05:09
Speaker 1: So you can't get into place. So here is a big you can experience it with a bunch of fans outside. Thousands got together at the last game, expecting the same robes this time, but it ain't happening.
00:05:20
Speaker 2: No, it's not. In fact, there was an official announcement release once they realized that the President of the United States was going to be in attendance for Game three, So the announcement was there will be no watch parties outside of Madison Square Garden for Game three only. This was done fully in coordination with the Secret Service because of the presidential visit. We expect watch parties at Madison Square Garden to resume for Game four, and they did announce other watch parties throughout the city. They have one in Central Park, they have one at the Brooklyn Bowl, and they just added another one in Bryant Park, So there will be other areas around the city. But there is something special about being right there at Madison Square Garden, and that has been obviously the prime spot for folks. And look, people can't afford these tickets. Court side seats have been auctioned off for several hundred thousand dollars. So the nosebleeds we're talking are now nine grand some of you. I've seen some articles putting it at Solois's ten grand. Now this is not accessible for the majority of people.
00:06:26
Speaker 1: And so now you have a situation Robes that you, look, we know this city and fans pretty well. There are some hard court nick fans, yes, who walk around what no matter how well the team is doing with their nick stuff on proudly romes to think they won't have an opportunity to be near the mecca for basketball, near the most famous arena in the world, on this night where something hasn't happened there in twenty seven years. Robes, I hate that. I hate that part because I do think about all the annoying Knicks fans. Sometimes I say annoying, and sometimes they get they're just out of control. It's great, it's fun, it's a blast. But I think about them and I want them to have that, I know desperately enough. You know, I've been to a bunch of NBA Finals ropes. Every time I walk out of that arena, there's a whole big crowd watching on the screen. It's a part of it. At every NBA Finals, they're outside. So now they have to go what.
00:07:27
Speaker 2: Up to Central Park? Bryan Park, I guess might be the closest one, but yeah, second right, yeah, And so I think that's why they opened up Brian Park because they figured that would be come close enough to the garden, or at least closer to the garden. And look for the folks who did get those coveted tickets. They are going to be dealing with unbelievable security. You looked at the list, there's an entire list from the Secret Service of all the banned items. There's more than two dozen. Some of them should be banned forever, should never be allowed actually anywhere.
00:08:00
Speaker 1: Of a flipper zero until now. I can't explain it that well, but they say it's like a Swiss army knife knife for the digital age, and it can break into and open every digital device and credit cards. It's something that hacksters use. It's called a flipper zero.
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Speaker 2: Well on the list, it's banned and it should be banned everywhere. But yes, you can't bring a selfie stick. You can't bring any sort of cooler like an insulated bottle basically or a thermost that's where. Yes, but you have to arrive at least two hours before tip off. No bags of any size, not even the clearer. You can't bring any bag. And they say you will be going through TSA style screening procedures.
00:08:40
Speaker 1: Hey, can you help me with this? They say two hours ahead of time, but didn't they also say that the screening doesn't open until six point thirty.
00:08:48
Speaker 2: Yeah, but maybe you'll probably line up. Oh my guarantee, people are going to get like to that line hours ahead of time so that it can be first through the lines.
00:08:58
Speaker 1: So now you got nine teen thousand people ye into trying to get into the same time.
00:09:04
Speaker 2: Yep. And so this is going to be chaotic, to say the least.
00:09:08
Speaker 1: Well, surely they've done that. I'm trying to think of something similar where a president or something like this had to happen at MSG and they handled it just fine. They had.
00:09:17
Speaker 2: But he's the first to be at an NBA Finals game period, let alone in New York City.
00:09:21
Speaker 1: This sounds like it could go bad.
00:09:23
Speaker 2: This is concerning, but yes, the President made it very clear. He said the Knick's owner, James Dolan invited him. So he said, of course, I said yes. And then he said, has he gone beyond this? Because he said Dolan invited me, and I'm going. I'll be there. It could be Monday. Maybe I'll do both Game three and Game four. He actually floated that he might do for both. And this is interesting. So on deducy or hear his comments on Friday on Air Force one. A reporter said to him, hey, mister President, the cheapest price for Game three you're going to is eight thousand. That was on Friday. Every day Americans can't afford these sporting events. Trump's answer, Well, I know, but they can watch it on television. It's sort of semi free to watch it on television. That's the way life goes. If the team wasn't a big success, you could go very easily. So you know you can. You can do that too.
00:10:17
Speaker 1: It's the market, baby, I don't ask.
00:10:19
Speaker 2: Zero more compassion. So you think that you because you said this before we got on in front of the mics. You said, you think it's possible that President Trump would sit this one out because he realizes all of the chaos that he's causing. Just hearing his answer about the ticket prices makes me feel like he doesn't give it. Damn.
00:10:40
Speaker 1: I wonder how closely is they're listening. I was just about to say he's not delusional, but at times he does seem to be. Maybe so does he not get what he's stepping into? Does he really not get the reception that he is going to get tonight from those fans in the arena if they show him, he's going to want celebrities to come be around him. Are they all going to be avoiding him?
00:11:07
Speaker 2: Like the kids can be sitting next to Timothy Chalamey and.
00:11:11
Speaker 1: Sweetheart like are all of them though? Do they have to keep their distance from him? He's going to be up in a booth, up in a box.
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Speaker 2: Well, because I would think for security purposes, he's going to need to be behind bulletproof glass. I don't know. We shall see, but yes, speaking of Trump and his reception and what it's going to be like for him there in that arena. Well when we come back. Yes, we have some very spicy fan reaction on the anticipation of Trump coming to MSG and some online betting services already predicting how Trump will be received. Welcome back, everybody. We are talking about President Trump coming to New York City to Game three of the NBA Finals and pissing off a lot of Knicks fans and New Yorkers in the process.
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Speaker 1: Still think, I still think it's possible he's gonna.
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Speaker 2: Canl He only won thirty of the vote here in New York, so what does he care.
00:12:14
Speaker 1: It's his hometown. He can claim that. But I think he might cancel.
00:12:18
Speaker 2: Oh, by the way, we did we mention Mom Donnie's going to be there too. So we've got President Trump and Mayor Mom Donnie in MSG together.
00:12:27
Speaker 1: For the everybody's going to be in that building. He okay, I'm not when you said, Mom Donnie. Now, this is why I think he won't cancel. He knows it's the most famous room in the world. He knows everybody that's hot, and that's anybody is in that room. He likes to be where it's hot and it's access that he can get ah, yeah, he's probably not going to cancel.
00:12:48
Speaker 2: He's not. But listen to some of these social media comments, some of them I got, I got one, just four, I.
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Speaker 1: Had a bunch.
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Speaker 2: Oh, I could go I could go back on and find some more. But these are these are some good ones. It doesn't matter who you voted for. Banning the great vibes outside MSG before, during, and after games, especially on a night the Knicks play their first NBA Finals home game in twenty seven years, objectively sucks So I thought that was fair, Like they're not even getting political, They're just saying, no matter what, this ain't cool. That's the main thing. National security is important. But this sucks. I really hate that weirdo making the Finals about himself right now. Nobody wants you here. You're ruining the vibe, and now there's no watch party for the fans. He is not a Knicks fan.
00:13:40
Speaker 1: He's a fan of winners.
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Speaker 2: But is he a Knicks fan?
00:13:43
Speaker 1: He's a fan of winners. So yes, this.
00:13:47
Speaker 2: Year, how can we take the coolest thing to ever happen to New York City and make it feel more like LaGuardia during a TSA strike. Wow, I thought that one was on points.
00:13:59
Speaker 1: I was gonna say Guardian on a Wednesday to pick any day, but Guardia feels like that.
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Speaker 2: I mean, people are upset.
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Speaker 1: Well, this is I potentially this could be a mess outside that arena tonight.
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Speaker 2: I mean, people get there's some really rude ones. First finals in twenty fing years and we have to have a e fing convicted criminal child rapist with record low approval ratings killing the vibe.
00:14:23
Speaker 1: I mean those are the best.
00:14:24
Speaker 2: I'm just saying those are the like. There are people who go there, like really really really go there. But look, I think people who are being fair that the ones I had were It didn't seem politically motivated. It was frustration from actual Knicks fans.
00:14:39
Speaker 1: Okay, let's go with another president. What if Biden showed up. What if Obama had shown up? What if even George W. Buss has shown up to an NBA Finals game? Right, the security might be the same, but with the reception for that president be the same reception meaning we don't want you here, don't come to our town, don't be a.
00:14:58
Speaker 2: Part of our things. It's no, this is the this is directed at Trump. And so to that point you'll see on social media there is a huge rallying call to boo the you know what out of President Trump, boo him into next week, boo the f out of him. I mean, there are so many folks just saying that's what we're gonna do. So anytime they see him, they want to make sure he feels wildly unwelcome. I don't know, how do you think that's going to go over.
00:15:27
Speaker 1: I mean, they can't wait to see his face if he's going to be in there, They can't wait to boom. They can't wait to boo them because everybody in there was just inconvenience because of him being there. This is the only way they can get a message to the President of United States.
00:15:40
Speaker 2: Now, I did hear this because they said, consider the clientele, Consider who normally NBA fans that they've done some breakdowns about how many of your Democrats, how many Republicans. Overwhelmingly, this is more of an Obama style crowd versus a Trump like NASCAR slash football. Even like other sporting events that might tend to bring more Republicans out these, this basketball game tends to bring more Democrats. However, the point was made, if you have some of the cheapest seats. I think before all of this, maybe it was four thousand and five thousand. Say it's up to ten thousand now for the nosebleeds. And then go ahead and do the math that some folks are paying, you know, eight figures, nine figures whatever for these tickets. This is insane. I'm exaggerating. But that you've got a higher clientele, will they be less likely to move the president? That that was what some folks have said. Really doing that, you'll see how boogie the crowd is based on how loud the booze are.
00:16:35
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, you're gonna hear booths.
00:16:37
Speaker 2: It's boogey. It's this time. It's not going to matter what your annual income is. It's going to be loud.
00:16:44
Speaker 1: I cannot see and I cannot believe this. Baby, I'm seeing that they're going you can't you can't get through security until six thirty. The doors don't open. It.
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Speaker 2: That doesn't mean a line is going to start at noon.
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Speaker 1: Robes how this is a potential to be a mess?
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Speaker 2: Uh?
00:17:01
Speaker 1: May I have random I ain't thought about this, And I don't know how many years it was before Obama became president, he was running, we were doing an event in Cincinnati, Nash. I can't remember the event, but I was a featured speaker and he was after me. Roes. We didn't know he was coming until maybe that day or the day before. Robes. The chaos it caused because now Secret Service has to come in and do all this stuff. An event that we were all expected to just walk into. People are showing up three four hours ahead, and it was I remember the mess and how ugly that got in Cincinnati, in Cincinnati with far fewer people attending than we'll be attending tonight.
00:17:43
Speaker 2: And the pressure and just the history and all of the eyes that are on this city on this night. And look, I hope we're calm, because that's gonna be frustrating because there are politics are still in the undercurrent of it all as well, so this is tough to look. Trump loves his sports. He was the first president to attend the Super Bowl. He took the presidential limousine on a pace lap at the Daytona five.
00:18:08
Speaker 1: Hundred, which I appreciate.
00:18:09
Speaker 2: And let's remember the UFC fight is supposed to be taking place on Sunday on the White House grounds. Yeah, he attended the final rounds of two golf tournaments hosted it Trump owned courses this year. He has made it very known throughout his presidency that he likes sports and he likes attending sporting events. As president.
00:18:29
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, world cop, he's going to be all over that. We got the Olympics. He's going to be all over that. Wow. Get used to seeing him at all again, used.
00:18:37
Speaker 2: To security that you've never seen before. Yay. But hey go Nicks. We'll be watching and yes, maybe just keeping our distance from Madison Square Garden here in Battery Park City. All right, we'll let you know how it goes. Everybody, just want to give you a heads up. Thank you as always for listening to us. I made robot along inside T J. Holmes. We'll talk to you soon