In 2008, Kraft gave $25,000 to both Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) and then-Sen. Barack Obama’s Oval Office ambitions. However,\u00a0most NFL owners seem to prefer Republican candidates.<\/p>\n
According to InsideGov.com, an online database of political donations, eight years ago more money was given to GOP candidates\u00a0from NFL owners than to Democrats. Nine owners gave money to McCain-related groups, while five fiscally supported Obama’s campaign.<\/p>\n
Trump says he’s friends with Kraft, Brady, and Belichick. And while the three Patriots have been deflecting questions about their relationship with Trump during Super Bowl week, the president isn’t so shy.<\/p>\n
\nIn 2015, Trump said, “I go to the Patriots game . . . and Belichick comes over in his Patriots sweatshirt and the hoodie and the whole thing. He hugs me, and he kisses me, and he said, ‘I love you. You’re the greatest.'”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
On Sunday, the coach will try to\u00a0become the NFL’s greatest coach by winning a record fifth Super Bowl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Donald Trump is a big fan of the New England Patriots, and is presumably rooting for his pals coach Bill Belichick, owner Robert Kraft, and superstar quarterback Tom Brady when Super Bowl LI kicks off in Houston’s NRG Stadium. But when it comes to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, the president apparently doesn’t have much […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":44539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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