Former President Donald Trump was on the NCAA Wrestling Championship on Saturday night time in Oklahoma and was seen greeting Princeton’s Pat Glory after he received on the 125-pound weight class and taking photos with followers.
Trump sat with workers members and Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla. The group stood when he went to the sector ground earlier than the night time session started with Mullin and Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt.
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Former President Donald Trump watches the NCAA Wrestling Championships, Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (AP Photograph / Sue Ogrocki)
“Having the president, or a former president, present up right here in Tulsa is only a nice deal for our state,” the Oklahoma governor mentioned through KTUL-TV.
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A College of Oklahoma fan informed the station that it was “thrilling” for Trump to indicate up for the occasion.
“I feel it’s good for the wrestling neighborhood as a result of a former president coming to a wrestling occasion is superior,” the fan mentioned.
Mullin added, “I don’t know should you guys know this or not, however he wrestled a little bit bit himself. He desires to come back right here, have a very good night time and go away politics out of it.”
Former President Donald Trump, left, poses for a photograph with Virginia wrestler Justin McCoy on the NCAA Wrestling Championships, Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (AP Photograph / Sue Ogrocki)
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Trump and different wrestling followers noticed Cornell’s Yianni Diakomihalis develop into the fifth Division I wrestler to win 4 nationwide titles and Penn State win its tenth staff title in 12 years. Diakomihalis joined Kyle Dake, Pat Smith, Logan Stieber and Cael Sanders as the one four-time champions ever in Division I.
Former President Donald Trump, proper, poses for images on the NCAA Wrestling Championships, Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (AP Photograph / Sue Ogrocki)
Former President Donald Trump poses for a photograph with Vito Arujau, second from proper, NCAA wrestling champion within the 133-pound class, and his household on the NCAA Wrestling Championships, Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (AP Photograph / Sue Ogrocki)
“All these guys are nice as a result of they’re totally different,” he mentioned. “And, you understand, my model is totally different. I’d take bits and items from every man, however if you see the ultimate product, it’s its personal kind.”
Glory helped Princeton to a nationwide championship within the 125-pound weight class – the college’s first since 1951. He defeated Purdue’s Matt Ramos and received 3-1.
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Former President Donald Trump, left, congratulates Princeton wrestler Pat Glory after Glory received the NCAA Wrestling Championship on the 125-pound class, Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (AP Photograph/Sue Ogrocki)
“Not all people goes off and knocks off Spencer Lee like that,” Glory mentioned of Ramos. “It takes cojones, and I knew he would have the identical mentality coming into the match. I knew it was going to be dogfight. And I knew it was going to be one alternative and I wanted to capitalize, and I knew I used to be going to be prepared for it when it got here.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
