Johnny Damon made it a real thing! You have to love it!
The MLB legend is a proud supporter of President Donald J. Trump, and he is not interested in hearing negative things from fans about it. His support is solidified.
Recently, the 51-year-old was interviewed. Out kick“The Ricky Cobb Show” spoke about his relationship with Trump.
Like the celebrities supporting Trump, Damon has a significant percentage of pushbacks from anti-45/47 fans. But Damon doesn’t care because he knows “the right thing.” Johnny! (Related: “It’s Just Stupid”: Charles Berkley tears down athletes who don’t want to visit President Trump’s White House)
“I’m not too worried about it because I know what’s right. I know that criminal illegal immigrants should not be in our country. I know that it should be a fair playing field out there – that’s why tariffs are coming,” Damon said.
“I mentioned my friend years ago, I said, “Are Ukraine going to pay us back? We’re giving them a lot of money,” everyone said a bit, “Yeah, I don’t know how that works.” Well, as we see on the world stage now, President Trump is about to reconcile with Russia and Ukraine…and continues to do a lot of things no one wants. ”
He continued.
“I know I have a lot of friends on the right and a lot of friends on the left. And a lot of them agree with Trump’s policies. They just don’t like how strong he is, and our country needed something like that.”
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“Our country needed something like that.”@johnnydamon Ricky tells him he’s not worried about the criticism he may face because of President Donald Trump’s support. @super70ssports
Check out the full interview here: Ricky Cobb Show, Outkick only pic.twitter.com/iljwclp92v
– Outkick (@outkick) March 3, 2025
And Johnny Damon hits another from the park!