{"id":3349,"date":"2026-06-10T21:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/2026\/06\/10\/donald-trump-out-taylor-swift-in-for-knicks-vs-spurs-game-4\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:08:00","slug":"donald-trump-out-taylor-swift-in-for-knicks-vs-spurs-game-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/2026\/06\/10\/donald-trump-out-taylor-swift-in-for-knicks-vs-spurs-game-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump OUT, Taylor Swift IN For Knicks vs. Spurs Game 4!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Donald Trump attended Game 3 of the NBA Finals<\/a>, the crowd booed him during the National Anthem, and the hometown New York Knicks lost for the first time in over a month.<\/p>\n

The president generally isn\u2019t a fan of embracing criticism, but it seems that he got the hint this time.<\/p>\n

Several outlets have now confirmed that Trump will not<\/em> be in attendance at Game 4 tonight \u2014 but it looks like a different cultishly beloved, highly divisive blonde billionaire will be taking his place.<\/p>\n

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Taylor Swift performs on stage during the \u201cTaylor Swift | The Eras Tour\u201d at Wembley Stadium on August 15, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Kate Green\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yes, Page Six<\/a> has confirmed that Taylor Swift will be on hand at Madison Square Garden tonight.<\/p>\n

It won\u2019t be her first time taking in a playoff game this year: Tay and fiance Travis Kelce were courtside for one of the Knicks\u2019 away games during their series against the Cleveland Cavs.<\/p>\n

Travis \u2014 Cleveland native and lifelong Cavs fan \u2014 even delighted the hometown crowd by standing and chugging a beer.<\/p>\n

There are two important differences for tonight\u2019s game:<\/p>\n

For one thing, Tay will be able to openly cheer for the Knicks (New York is her adopted hometown, but she tamped down her fandom in Cleveland).<\/p>\n

On top of that, it seems that Travis will not<\/em> be in attendance tonight.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a huge fan of the Knicks and really wants to be there to support them. She is going with friends,\u201d one source tells Page Six.<\/p>\n

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Travis spoke about his own NBA fandom on the latest episode of his podcast, noting that he was not \u201ctrying to persuade Taylor into being a Cleveland sports fan\u201d with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was me just having a fun date night knowing that I love going to basketball games. We actually tried to go to a game in New York, but I was stuck in Kansas City. I love bringing her into the sports world that I appreciate,\u201d he explained, adding:<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, being a Cleveland sports fan all my life, getting Tay back to Cleveland and showing her my roots is always something I love doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the players, it sounds like they\u2019ll prefer playing in front of Taylor over Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the president being here just makes it inconvenient on everybody else. We\u2019ve got more, obviously more security. We\u2019ve got to send stuff early, I think our buses are a little earlier,\u201d Spurs point guard De\u2019Aaron Fox told Yahoo! News<\/a> before Monday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe less stuff you can bring, the better. Obviously, we\u2019re getting screened like it\u2019s TSA. A little inconvenient for the people that\u2019s gotta play. It is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obviously, Taylor is almost as famous as the president, but she won\u2019t have the Secret Service shutting down entire city blocks on her behalf.<\/p>\n

And we\u2019re sure both the players and the city of New York will appreciate that.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: 2 minutes When Donald Trump attended Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the crowd booed him during the National Anthem, and the hometown New York Knicks lost for the first time in over a month. The president generally isn\u2019t a fan of embracing criticism, but it seems that he got the hint this time. Several outlets have now confirmed that Trump will not be in attendance at Game 4 tonight \u2014 but it looks like a different cultishly beloved, highly divisive blonde billionaire will be taking his place. Taylor Swift performs on stage during the \u201cTaylor Swift | The Eras Tour\u201d at Wembley Stadium on August 15, 2024 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[173,7,2,28,43,437],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donald-trump","category-featured","category-hollywood","category-news","category-sports","category-taylor-swift"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}