ExtremeRavens Posted yesterday at 09:10 PM Posted yesterday at 09:10 PM Shortly after the Ravens fired John Harbaugh in January, President Donald Trump posted on social media encouraging NFL teams to hire the longtime Baltimore leader. “HIRE JOHN HARBAUGH, FAST. HE, AND HIS BROTHER, ARE TOTAL WINNERS!!!” Trump posted on Truth Social. Harbaugh, now the coach of the New York Giants, addressed the president’s support Friday during a 25-minute interview with Fox News. “It did surprise me,” Harbaugh said of the social post. “It was crazy. All the sudden, bing, bing, bing, my phone starts going off and there it is. “It just goes to show how blessed we are to do something like this. That he even knows who you are, it’s crazy to me.” Trump’s support of Harbaugh came several months after Harbaugh visited the White House in July. Harbaugh discussed his visit during summer media availability and was asked about visiting with Trump, who called Baltimore a “disgusting” city in 2019. Harbaugh took issue with the framing of the question and mentioned that he’s visited with several presidents across different political parties during his life, including Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Ronald Reagan. “I root for our president,” Harbaugh said in July. “I want our president to be successful, just like I want my quarterback to be successful and I want my team to be successful.” Harbaugh was hired rather quickly this offseason, as Trump suggested. The coach said earlier this week on an episode of the BMore Football Podcast that he considered other coaching vacancies but ultimately chose the Giants. New York made an intense push to land Harbaugh, who was widely considered a top candidate for openings this coaching cycle. “They’re good recruiters,” Harbaugh said. “I’ve got to hand it to them. They don’t take no for an answer. It was a great process.” The Ravens replaced Harbaugh with Jesse Minter, a 42-year-old coach who most recently led the Chargers’ defense under Jim Harbaugh. Have a news tip? Contact Bennett Conlin at bconlin@baltsun.com, 410-332-6200 and x.com/BennettConlin. View the full article Quote
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