As advertised donald trump The second inauguration of the U.S. president took place on Monday, the same day as the CFP Championship Game. After being sworn in in the morning, the 47th president delivered a message on the game Ohio State Buckeyes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

During halftime of the championship game, ESPN broke away from coverage to show a political statement from Donald Trump. The address lasted about 1:30 minutes and only briefly mentioned the game.

Trump began his message by celebrating a “historic and exciting day” for the country and raising expectations for his second term.

“Our people have suffered tremendously in recent years, but starting now, we will make America safer, richer, and wealthier than ever before. We will have a nation of compassion, strength, and exceptionalism .

“Through our strength and power we will stop wars and we will lead the world to peace. We will be respected again, we will be admired again as we have been in many, many years without years. First of all, this way , we will make America great again.

Trump also sent a message to both teams in the national championship game.

“For all the players and fans watching tonight, I know it’s a long, hard journey. It’s a long season, but you have two huge teams and then you go out there and go out and play hard and fight. , fight fair, let’s let it go and the better team wins, I’d love to watch it.

The president did not attend at Mercedes-Benz Stadium and the message was pre-recorded.

Donald Trump attends first-semester 2018 CFP Championship Game

Trump, while not known as an avid football fan, has attended college football games before. Most notably, he has been seen at Army-Navy games in the past, including this season. So is he Appearance at Alabama-Georgia game September.

Trump also attended the Alabama-Georgia game during his first term as president, which happened to be the national championship game that season.

The Crimson Tide went on to win the national championship with a 26-23 overtime victory.