Overview
- Trump phoned into The Pat McAfee Show for roughly 20 minutes during an ESPN Veterans Day broadcast from Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
- McAfee framed the booking as appropriate for the holiday, calling the president the leader of the military and telling detractors they "hate the troops."
- He said he also invited Barack Obama, who was unavailable due to scheduling, and added that any U.S. president would be welcome on future Veterans Day shows.
- The call mixed sports talk with political commentary, including Trump’s critiques of opponents and riffs on NFL rules and college sports.
- Reaction was sharply split, with social media backlash and critical columns alongside praise from conservative outlets, and McAfee doubled down Wednesday with a profane rebuke of those vowing to stop watching.