{"id":549559,"date":"2026-02-01T22:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/549559\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T22:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:09:18","slug":"george-steinbrenner-urged-trump-to-run-for-president-in-1989-letter-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/549559\/","title":{"rendered":"George Steinbrenner urged Trump to run for president in 1989, letter shows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Sunday shared a letter from the deceased New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, urging the real estate mogul to run for office years before his first term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The letter was dated Feb. 23, 1989, from the Yankees\u2019 office in Tampa, Florida, and addressed to the Trump Organization in New York.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/trump-george-steinbrenner-020126-1.jpg\" alt=\"Trump and Steinbrenner in 1986\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump and George Steinbrenner attend Liberty Luncheon on July 7, 1986, at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City. (Ron Galella, Ltd.\/Wireimage)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Saw you on Morton Downey the other night,&#8221; the letter read. &#8220;He is a friend, and I watch his show regularly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You were great! You tell it like it is. It is like I said to Stephen, you should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">run for President<\/a> some day and get the whole damn thing straightened out. You were tremendous on the show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump and Steinbrenner had a close relationship when &#8220;the Boss&#8221; died in 2010. Trump remembered Steinbrenner fondly.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/donald-trump-yankees-002.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump New York Airport\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at LaGuardia Airport, on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in New York.\u00a0 (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/ioc-chief-laments-distracting-news-cycle-ahead-2026-winter-olympics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">IOC CHIEF LAMENTS &#8216;DISTRACTING&#8217; NEWS CYCLE AHEAD OF 2026 WINTER OLYMPICS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;George was the boss, and he was a great guy,&#8221; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/extratv.com\/2010\/07\/13\/trump-on-steinbrenner-he-knew-how-to-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">EXTRA TV<\/a> at the time. &#8220;More than anything, George Steinbrenner knew how to win. There was no one like him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump added, &#8220;He had such a big heart, was someone who&#8217;d take care of people. He had a strong heart. I always said, George will never really be appreciated &#8217;til we no longer have him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/trump-arrives-yankee-stadium-gives-speech-team-ahead-9-11-anniversary-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">appeared at a Yankees game<\/a> on Sept. 11, 2025, and met with players before first pitch.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/aaron-judge-donald-trump-shake-hands.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Judge and Donald Trump\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump shakes hands with New York Yankees\u2019 Aaron Judge in the locker room before a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers. The game was in New York, New York, on Sept. 11, 2025. (Doug Mills\/\/The New York Times via AP, Pool)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He watched the game near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/derek-jeter-defends-yankees-owner-hal-steinbrenner-amid-growing-fan-criticism-teams-title-drought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">current team owner Hal Steinbrenner<\/a> and team president Randy Levine.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0sports coverage on X<\/a> and subscribe to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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