President Donald Trump Weighs In On Jaxson Dart Backlash After QB Introduced Him at Rally

When speaking to Lara Trump on Saturday, the president seemed completely unbothered by the controversy surrounding the Giants star.

“He’s potentially a great quarterback,” the president said. “He’s a young boy. He had just really started. But when he’s in a game, he moves the team. And I didn’t know him, but I watched him a little bit. And he really moves the team. He’s got tremendous potential. He stays healthy He’s going to be a great. So when Jaxon gets… harassed a little bit, he’s also loved more, because we have more people than they do.”

The president continued, “And a lot of the people that you think, like people in Los Angeles, wealthy people that, I see them all the time, they’re hitting me a little bit, and they meet me and they say, sir, I voted for you. I said, I know, I can tell. Guys voted for me, I could tell you people on television that knocked me all the time voted for me.”

On Friday, May 29, Dart addressed the backlash while defending his decision to introduce the president during the rally.

“Obviously, this was a unique opportunity, being asked and given the opportunity to introduce the president of the United States,” Dart told reporters. “My thinking was pretty simple, in the fact of, I’ve always loved this country. I have extended family members who have fought in wars. I have two uncles who have retired from the Air Force Academy and served themselves.”

He continued, “And I even have a great-grandfather who served as the Secretary of the Treasury at some point. The president position has always been a position that I have a lot of respect in, regardless of political affiliation, regardless of political party. My intentions were just that.”