US President Donald Trump during a coal announcement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 4, 2026.
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President Donald Trump was loudly booed at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Monday night before the start of game three of the NBA Finals between the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs.
Trump’s attendance at the game caused waits of two hours or more for ticket-holding fans to enter the famed arena in Midtown Manhattan after security screening.
The president’s motorcade passed signs that said “Nobody wants you here,” and “Trump must go,” as it passed from lower Manhattan up the FDR Drive and over to the Garden.
Two other signs “Impeach. Convict. Remove.”
Trump was not courtside for the game, but instead was in a suite at the Garden. With him were his son-in-law Jared Kushner, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino, and his valet and former fellow criminal case defendant Walt Nauta.
A native of Queens who first gained fame as a brash Manhattan real estate developer, Trump is deeply unpopular in heavily Democratic New York City.
Out of about 666,600 votes in the 2024 presidential election cast in the city, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris won nearly 534,000 votes compared to fewer than 114,000 for Trump.
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