The last time Donald Trump He was in him United States Opena couple of months after launching 2015 His career to the presidency and when the Venus and Serena Williams sisters fought in a quarterfinals, the boo which was heard in the Arthur Ashe when the giant screens showed him sitting with Melania Trump was considerable. Trump was able to be born 79 years ago in the Queens neighborhood, not far from the Flushing Meadows slopes that host the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, but that whistle reminded him that he was not a neighbor too dear to many New Yorkers.
This Sunday, Trump Go back to the big one American, where before his entry into politics he was a regular. Does it for Final that faces Carlos Alcaraz with Jannik Sinner. Now he is president. And although he may have won favor (and votes) among many of the attendees, the organization of the tournament does not want to risk that the image that the world sees be a rejection like that of 10 years ago.
In a Message sent to chains with retransmission rights by the US Tennis Association (USTA for its acronym in English) requested to the televisions that Censure any protest or reaction to the presence of Trump. ‘Bouces’, the tennis blog by journalist Ben Rothenberg, was the first to have access to the internal email and publish the information.
On the screens during the anthem
The efforts of the USTA are not limited to that request for censorship (although the organization does not use that term and a spokesman recalled that the request to televisions not to show altercations that happen outside the track is common). His plan for this Sunday, according to the mail, is giant both of the stadium and outside Trump’s image as the national anthem is being performed of the United States, in the ceremony prior to the beginning of the game.
That is one way to reduce considerably and protest options, Because in the US, a country that prides itself on Patriotism and respect for national symbolsIt is difficult to think that many utter boos or whistle when the anthem is playing.
Rolex guest
Trump, who in his second term is intensifying his presence in outstanding sports events, and has attended the Super Bowl even to the FIFA Club World Cup end which was held in July in New Jersey, does not go to the open as a guest of the USTA but of Rolexone of the sponsors of the tournament.
The Swiss watches company, which has a suite in Arthur Ashe (as Trump himself had for years when he was a real estate entrepreneur and television star reality), since 2022 is one of the companies with which he has a Alcaraz sponsorship contract.
The Spanish tennis player on Friday was asked about the president’s visit and said that “for all tournaments it is a privilege Have the president of a country supporting, the tournament, supporting the party, supporting tennis. ”
The Republican, who has made a populist and nationalist policy axis “United States first”, He has chosen to be this Sunday in the male final between a Spaniard and an Italian. On Saturday in the female final he could have seen in person an American, Amanda Anisimova, who fell to Aryna Sabalenka.
Security
Trump’s visit, which in the presidential campaign last year suffered two murder attempts, including one where a bullet touched his ear, also represents a considerable increase in security measures who will have to take the US open, both inside Arthur Ashe, a giant stadium with Capacity for more than 23,000 peopleas in access to the entire National Tennis Center.
In a message to the accredited media, which was sent three times in 12 hours, this increase in security measures, which includes reinforced controls of each bag that enters the tennis center. In the accesses to the stadium, in addition, it was notified that there would be controls of the style of an airport. Journalists were suggested to leave the equipment from the eve in a locker in the press room.
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