President Donald Trump received a chorus of boos during his attendance at game three of the NBA Finals as the New York Knicks took on the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden.
Tonight, he also received a dunking from late-night hosts including The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic and Jimmy Kimmel.
Lydic joked that fans gave “President Donald Jump Shot Trump” a “very New York welcome”.
After jokes about the state of officiating during the game, the comic joked, “Do you know what it means to have every single person in New York booing you? Even a guy taking a shit on the subway will have one New Yorker cheering him on.”
Many people suggested that Trump’s attendance was, in part, responsible for the Knicks losing their first game in 46 days, even if the team said that the “circus” was not a distraction.
“Whether you like that Trump was there or not, he is a lifelong Knicks fan, so he wasn’t going to let some haters stop him from enjoying every second of the game,” she said before throwing to a clip of POTUS appearing to fall asleep.
“Sir, you can’t sleep through the game. You’re the President, not game three referee Mark Davis,” she added.
The Daily Show host was joined by fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, who also clearly enjoyed the reaction to Trump’s appearance.
“Last night, he made history, became the first sitting President to shut down a major United States city so he could take a nap in front of a sold-out crowd at the NBA Finals. This was a bad idea to start with and went about as badly as it could possibly go,” opened Kimmel.
After pointing out how much Trump inconvenienced fans, who had to wait hours in line to get in, while others had watch parties canceled, Kimmel added, “The question on everyone’s mind was ‘Would the President get booed in the Garden’. The team didn’t want this so they were smart, they tried something clever, they showed him on the jumbotron during the national anthem, when it’s frowned upon to boo. That strategy did not work at all. They say that is the loudest the President has been booed at a sporting event since Abe Lincoln flipped the coin at the Cotton Bowl.”
Kimmel reveled in the fact that Trump was caught on camera napping and accused him of jinxing the team. “Who can fall asleep during the NBA finals at Madison Square Garden? Do you know how out of it you have to be? I hope Joe Biden was watching this and laughing his ass off last night,” he said.
Even Jimmy Fallon got in on the act.
The Tonight Show host joked that Trump’s approval rating in San Antonia was now 100%.
“The Knicks fans are blaming him for the team’s loss. Trump doesn’t want to be blamed so today he called the NBA and asked that they find five more points for the Knicks,” he said.
