President Donald Trump watches Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in New York on June 8, 2026.
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President Donald Trump was booed at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Monday night before the start of Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the home team, the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs.
When Trump was shown on a jumbotron with Knicks owner James Dolan in a suite far above the court during the national anthem, boos rang out from inside the Garden.
The boos turned to cheers as the jumbotron’s attention shifted to Knicks star Jalen Brunson on the court.
Fans with tickets to attend President Trump’s game at the famous midtown Manhattan arena had to wait more than two hours after security.
As the president’s motorcade traveled from Lower Manhattan up FDR Drive to the Garden, he passed signs in front that read, “No one wants you here” and “Trump must go.”
The other two signs are “Impeach, Convict, Eliminate.”
As the motorcade arrived at the gardens, people standing along the street booed while others waved American flags.
Also in the suite with Trump were his son-in-law Jared Kushner, Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Lee Zeldin, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, chief of staff Dan Scavino, and his valet and former colleague, criminal defendant Walt Nauta.
Trump, a Queens native who first rose to fame as a brash Manhattan real estate developer, is deeply unpopular in deeply democratic New York City.
Of the approximately 666,600 votes cast in the city for the 2024 presidential election, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris received nearly 534,000 votes compared to less than 114,000 for Trump.
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