Donald Trump talks to Trevor Lawrence about CFB season (Republic of Arizona – USAT)
Politics and sport are never linked again because we are close to the 2020 bankruptcy season.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday told reporters that he was talking to Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence about the college football season regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I spoke with Trevor Lawrence (Tuesday), the great quarterback, and he is very smart,” the president said. “He understood it very well. He said, ‘hey, I’m a lot safer on the field than I am there’ and he got it. He got it very quickly. ‘
President Trump said he is also talking to LSU head coach Ed Orgeron.
“Coach Oh, I’ve talked to him. He’s some coach. That one, he’s a great coach and he feels like his players just want to get out, so we’ve talked to a lot of different people.”
“We want to watch college football.”
Trump said he spoke with @ClemsonTigers quarterback @trevorlawrencee, who told him he wants to play this season pic.twitter.com/p9TWBlTSqi
– Bloomberg QuickTake (@QuickTake)
August 12, 2020
As far as who called who with Trevor Lawrence and POTUS: a Clemson spokesman says Lawrence said a White House staffer started a conversation and gave him a number to call the president.
– Grace Raynor (@gmraynor)
August 12, 2020
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