ESPN host Pat McAfee is standing by his decision to interview President Donald Trump on his show on Veterans Day.

“For the immediate people that are going to be mad about that happening, it’s the President of the United States,” he said on the Tuesday, November 11 episode of The Pat McAfee Show. “It’s Veterans Day. He’s the Commander-in-Chief. Obviously, if we have the opportunity to talk to him, we’re going to. And he is hilarious.”

McAfee, 38, added that his show also “reached out to former President Barack Obama after Trump became an option to be interviewed.” The 44th President, however, was “unable to join due to scheduling conflicts.”

The decision to interview Trump, 79, on-air seems to be a reversal of McAfee’s previous philosophy. He said in 2024 that he does not believe viewers

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