Trump’s US Open visit sparks boos and long security lines

New York – President Donald Trump was Hue in Bruyant during the Male US Open male final on Sunday, where additional security caused by his visit led to lines long enough for many people to miss the start of the game, even after the organizers delayed it.

Bearing a long -lasting costume and a red tie, Trump briefly emerged from his suite about 45 minutes before the start of the match and heard a mixture of huae and cheers from an Arthur Ashe stadium which was still mainly empty. No announcement proceeded to appear, and it was raw enough for some in the crowd to miss it.

Trump is reappeared to more hoots in front of the national anthem. Standing in salvation, the president was briefly shown on the big screens of the arena during the anthem, and offered a sly smile that briefly made the boos stronger.

When the anthem was finished, the Republican showed a small group of supporters sitting nearby, then sat on the balcony of the suite to watch the match carefully. He mainly applauded, even by following major points that energized the rest of the crowd while Carlos Alcaraz of Spain beat Jannik Sinner of Italy.

Trump was again shown on the big screen after the end of the first set and aroused a roar of stronger huts and piercing whistles. He raised his left fist in salvation when the noise continued in the stadium, which, with a capacity of 24,000, is one of the most important in tennis.

The president later returned inside the suite, where he was seen sitting at a table with family members and seemed to eat, but he was back at his headquarters shortly before the match match. The cameras briefly lit Trump when Alcaraz celebrated, but his reaction to the conclusion was as silent as it was throughout the match. This time there was also a small reaction of the crowd.

The organizers postponed the start of the match half an hour to give people more time to go through improved screening points recalling security at airports. However, thousands of increasingly frustrated fans have remained outside at the start of the match. Many seats, especially those of the upper rows, have remained empty for almost an hour.

The secret services have published a statement saying that Trump’s protection “required a full effort” and noting that it “could have contributed to delays for participants”.

“We sincerely thank each fan for their patience and understanding,” he said.

Trump attended the final as a guest of Rolex, despite the imposition of steep prices in the host country of the Swiss watchmaker. The US Tennis Association also tried to limit the negative reaction to the presence of Trump on the national distribution of ABC, saying in a press release before the start of the game: “We regularly ask our broadcasters to refrain from presenting off -course disturbances.”

However, Trump reactions did not ultimately constitute great disturbances.

Going to the US Open was the last example of Trump having built most of the interior trips of his second term around attending major sporting events rather than taking the road to make political ads or respond to the kind of large gatherings he has thus submitted as a candidate.

Since his return to the White House in January and before the US Trump swing, Trump went to the Super Bowl in New Orleans and Daytona 500, as well as UFC fights in Miami and Newark, New Jersey, the NCAA Jersey NCAA Championships. Some of these crowds applauded him, but people hooked her at other events.

The president accepted Rolex’s invitation despite his administration imposing a huge rate of 39% on Swiss products. It is more than 2,1/2 times higher than levies from the European Union property exported to the United States and almost four times higher than on British exports to the United States

The White House refused to comment on Trump by accepting the invitation of a corporate client during the tournament, but the president had few scruples on the boundaries between political decisions and political efforts and efforts to increase the profits of his family business. He has relentlessly promoted his cryptocurrency interests and luxury golf properties, and even announced that the United States would host the 20 summit group in December 2026 in his Doral Golf Resort in Florida.

On Sunday, no big street protest against Trump could be seen from the main stadium of the tournament. But the participants also avoided the wearing of one of the caps of the signing of the republican “Make America Great Again”.

A 58 -year -old tennis fan from Turin, Italy, came from her home in the Boston region to watch the final and said that when she bought an American open cap, she went with a fuchsia, so that he was not confused with the darker color of Maga hats.

“I took care not to get the red,” said the fan, who refused to give him his name because of the rules of his employer concerning public publication.

Among those who frequent Trump were the press secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, the attorney general Pam Bondi, the secretary of the treasure Scott Bessent, the special envoy Steve Witkoff and Susie Wiles, the chief of staff of the White House. Trump spent various games of the match engaged in a conversation with many of those around him.

Elsewhere in the crowd, there were a multitude of celebrities – some of which publicly supported the president of the time, Kamala Harris, in last year’s elections. Among them were Pink, Bruce Springsteen and Shonda Rhimes. In pre -match interviews presented on large stadium screens with Martha Stewart and Jon Hamm, the questions asked remained in tennis and pop culture – not Trump and politics.

The president was nevertheless sufficiently excited by his trip to tell journalists on Air Force One during the flight to New York when the plane flew over the Ashe stadium – although the covered roof prevented those who react.

Trump was once a pillar of the United States, but had not participated since he was hooked in a quarterfinals in September 2015, months after launching his first presidential campaign.

The Trump organization once controlled its own American Open suite, which was adjacent to the stadium television broadcasting stand, but suspended it in 2017, during the first year of Trump’s first mandate. The family business is now led by Trump’s sons with their father at the White House.

Trump was born in Queens, the House of the US Open, and for decades was a real estate magnate from the New York region and, later, a reality TV star. Attending the tournament before being a politician, he was generally seated in the balcony of his company suite during night matches and was frequently shown on video screens of the arena.