Trump Said He Got “Mostly Cheers” at Knicks Game. Here’s the Truth.

The boos weren’t contained to Madison Square Garden.

Speaking to reporters after attending game three of the NBA Finals, Trump claimed that he’d received a warm reception from the crowd at Madison Square Garden.

“You mean when they had the camera on me? I thought it was very good, yeah. It was certainly amazing. It was, I think, mostly cheers. It was loud and it was very enthusiastic,” Trump said Monday night.

Here’s what really happened.

When the jumbotron at Madison Square Garden showed Trump during the National Anthem, the stadium erupted into loud deafening boos.

Trump, shown on camera during the national anthem, is booed loudly at MSG pic.twitter.com/NkWE4xsE2Z— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 9, 2026

Trump, shown on camera during the national anthem, is booed loudly at MSG pic.twitter.com/NkWE4xsE2Z

The second time they showed him, the boos were even worse.

Second time it was worse. https://t.co/0OcOSG3qNS pic.twitter.com/HJ4R8JstlM— Olga Nesterova (@onestpress) June 9, 2026

Second time it was worse. https://t.co/0OcOSG3qNS pic.twitter.com/HJ4R8JstlM

And it wasn’t just Knicks fans in Madison Square Garden: At a watch party in Bryant Park, the crowd burst into jeers when the broadcast showed the president.

Trump isn’t just getting booed inside of MSG, he’s getting booed all across NYC Video: AP pic.twitter.com/9mOBEAZ71J— Acyn (@Acyn) June 9, 2026

Trump isn’t just getting booed inside of MSG, he’s getting booed all across NYC Video: AP pic.twitter.com/9mOBEAZ71J

Still, Fox News tried to claim that the audience at MSG burst into cries of “USA! USA!” for Trump. In reality, the crowd was cheering for a group of New York City firefighters, and started to loudly boo moments later when Trump appeared on-screen.

Trump was even booed as he drove away from the stadium.

Trump gets booed and heckled out of New York City as he departs Game 3 of the NBA Finals. pic.twitter.com/IrBowW97qp— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) June 9, 2026

Trump gets booed and heckled out of New York City as he departs Game 3 of the NBA Finals. pic.twitter.com/IrBowW97qp

It seems that Knicks fans weren’t at all thrilled at the president’s visit, which disrupted the perfect vibes in New York City. But still Trump refused to own up to just how much everyone hates him.

Also, the Knicks lost by four points, ending a 13-game winning streak.

How Kash Patel Cobbled Together a Conspiracy to Help Trump

A new report exposes how Patel built the bizarre case.

FBI Director Kash Patel’s incessant desire to uncover a “deep state” conspiracy against Donald Trump ruined multiple federal employees’ careers and turned judges against the Justice Department, The New York Times reported Monday.

Patel first announced last summer on Joe Rogan’s podcast—where else?—that he had stumbled across a secret room in FBI headquarters containing evidence that a cabal had been out to get Trump since 2016. The “evidence” was a collection of documents Patel found in government “burn bags,” which are meant to be destroyed.

Patel claimed that a “grand conspiracy” would tie together the 2016 Russia investigations, Trump’s 2020 election loss, and the president’s criminal prosecutions in 2023 and 2024. It was certainly a good plot for a movie.

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