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While some have told political figures to stay out of sports, President Trump is very much making his presence felt. The President of the United States is expected to pressure NFL<\/a> teams into hiring John Harbaugh. President Trump has a close relationship with many prominent NFL owners.<\/p>\n Oct 26, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh looks on before the game against the Chicago Bears at M&T Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images\u00a9 Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images.<\/p>\n President Trump issued his official “warning” to the 32 NFL franchises on social media this week, following Harbaugh’s firing.<\/p>\n “HIRE JOHN HARBAUGH, FAST,” Trump warned. “HE AND HIS BROTHER, ARE TOTAL WINNERS!!!”<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n John Harbaugh has previously shown love for President Trump and the White House.<\/p>\n What John Harbaugh said about visiting President Trump<\/p>\n Harbaugh, who led the Ravens to a Super Bowl<\/a> win in 2013, visited the White House over the summer.<\/p>\n “How you framed that question \u2014 I would have framed that question like: ‘You got a chance to go visit with the president, man. What was that experience like?'” Harbaugh said in response to a reporter asking him about visiting with President Trump, who had been critical of Baltimore.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n “It was amazing. It was awesome. And I promise you I root for our president. I want our president to be successful just like I want my quarterback to be successful and I want my team to be successful, and it was an amazing experience.”<\/p>\n His brother, Jim Harbaugh<\/a>, has met more U.S. Presidents.<\/p>\n “He’s got seven, I got four. I had a chance to meet President Obama twice \u2014 incredible experience. Had a chance to meet President Biden when he was vice president in Iraq, and spent a lot of time with him in Iraq,” he said. “Jim got invited also to the White House to meet President Reagan because he was a Heisman Trophy candidate. We got to go as a family, so I met President Reagan \u2014 have a picture in my office of that.”<\/p>\n This story was originally published by The Spun<\/a> on Jan 7, 2026, where it first appeared in the NFL<\/a> section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The President of the United States is officially “warning” all 32 teams across the National Football League. President…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[117,391,7,1012,2909,122,6,653,49904],"class_list":["post-663242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-nfl","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-chicago-bears","tag-football","tag-jim-harbaugh","tag-john-harbaugh","tag-national-football-league","tag-nfl","tag-president-trump","tag-the-president-of-the-united-states"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115858376101532830","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Oct](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767858378_230_a5206f393b9adcfbe35bbb70b75e6549.jpeg\"\/)
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