Trump reacts to Giants hiring John Harbaugh as head coach

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President Donald Trump stated the New York Giants acquired a "nice coach" in John Harbaugh on Monday evening as he was leaving the faculty soccer nationwide championship.

Trump had urged the Giants to rent Harbaugh whereas the previous Baltimore Ravens head coach was interviewing with the workforce. Days later, the Giants made it official and agreed to a cope with him. Harbaugh reportedly signed a five-year cope with the franchise.

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Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh stands on the sidelines previous to a recreation in opposition to the Miami Dolphins at Onerous Rock Stadium on Oct. 30, 2025. (Nathan Ray Seebeck/Imagn Photos)

Trump advised reporters on the tarmac earlier than heading again to Washington that he wasn’t positive if he had any affect over the transfer however knew what Harbaugh was able to.

"However they acquired an amazing coach," Trump stated. "I just like the coach. I like his brother. They got here as much as see me about three months in the past. They got here as much as see me within the White Home with their mom and father as a result of the mom likes me, and the daddy likes me and I believe they like me.

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Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh speaks throughout a press convention after an NFL soccer recreation in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photograph/Carolyn Kaster, File)

"And he’s an amazing coach and he’s gonna do effectively with the Giants, similar to his brother does so effectively. They acquired one thing very particular of their blood. And I’m joyful for the Giants. They acquired an amazing coach."

Trump first endorsed Harbaugh in a submit on Fact Social, after which later particularly endorsed the thought of the Giants hiring him.

"The New York Soccer Giants ought to rent, with out query, John Harbaugh – And John, an amazing man, ought to TAKE THE JOB!!!" he wrote earlier this month.

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Power One on Jan. 16, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Trump is touring to Palm Seaside, Florida. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Photos)

John and Jim Harbaugh and their households met with Trump on the White House over the summer season. The assembly led Harbaugh to defend himself after a reporter framed a query on the go to round Trump's earlier feedback criticizing Baltimore as a metropolis.

"The way you framed that query — I might have framed that query like: ‘You bought an opportunity to go go to with the president, man. What was that have like?’" Harbaugh stated on the time. "It was superb. It was superior. And I promise you I root for our president. I would like our president to achieve success similar to I would like my quarterback to achieve success, and I would like my workforce to achieve success, and it was an incredible expertise. It is not typically you get invited, and also you get an opportunity to do one thing like that as a household."

Jim Harbaugh echoed his brother’s sentiments.

"There’s lots of gratitude there to be invited to the White Home to satisfy the president with my household, my mother and pop. President Trump was simply nice to my mother and pop. That meant a lot. My brother John; his daughter Allison; my two daughters, Addie and Katie; and my sister Joanie; and my niece Ainsley. So, there’s 9 of us, and it was nice."

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The Ravens made the playoffs 12 occasions with Harbaugh in cost and received the Tremendous Bowl within the 2012 season, a yr after the Giants’ most up-to-date championship.