President Donald Trump was met with massive waves of cheers as he took to the field for the Army-Navy football game on Saturday. The president started off the game by performing the coin toss to get it started.
The president’s arrival at the game comes just hours after officials said that two US soldiers as well as a civilian interpreter were killed in Syria. The president helped kick off the game with the traditional coin flip, which landed tails.
Thousands were in attendance for the game, and as the president took to the field, the fans broke out into chants of “USA! USA! USA!”
This will be the sixth time that the president has attended the Army-Navy football game. The president confirmed earlier in November that he would be in attendance for the annual match-up between the Black Knights and the Midshipmen.
There have been 10 presidents who have attended the Army-Navy football game, including four of the past five presidents. The one exception, however, is former President Joe Biden. He did the coin toss in 2012 as vice president, but never attended during his presidential term. ‘
Navy fans, many in the service themselves, were seen cheering for their team.
As the president was joined by members of the armed forces on the field ahead of the game, the National Anthem played, and there was also a military flyover that took place.