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Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh, defended his recent meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House when a journalist faced the coach about it on Wednesday.
Harbaugh and several family members, including his brother, the coach of the Los Angeles Chargers, Jim Harbaugh, were invited to the White House earlier this month.
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The Baltimore Ravens chief coach John Harbaugh, talks to journalists after an NFL football match against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday, December 21, 2024 in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
During his availability of media at the Ravens training camp on Wednesday, a journalist framed a question about the visit about Trump’s previous comments criticizing Baltimore as a city.
The Ravens coach criticized the journalist for the framing of the question and insisted that “roots” for the president.
“How they framed that question: that question would have framed: ‘You had the opportunity to visit the president, man. How was that experience?'” Said Harbaugh. “It was incredible. It was incredible. And I promise you to support our president. I want our president to succeed as I want my quartback to succeed, and I want my team to succeed, and it was an incredible experience. It is not often inviting you, and you have the opportunity to do something like a family.”
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Harbaugh told his experiences and his brother’s experiences meeting with former presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan.
The Baltimore Ravens chief coach John Harbaugh, speaks during a press conference at the NFL Football Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
“And that’s the fourth president [I’ve met]. Now, Jim has met seven [presidents]. Jim has met seven presidents, so he has leadership in me. I think he pointed out; Did they notice that? Has seven; I am four.
“Then, I had the opportunity to meet the president [Barack] Obama twice. Incredible experience. I had the opportunity to meet the president [Joe] Biden when he was vice president in Iraq, and I spent a lot of time with him in Iraq, which was incredible.
“And then [when I was] 24 or 25 years, Jim was invited to the White House to meet with president [Ronald] Reagan because he was a candidate for heisman trophy, and we had to go as a family, so I met President Reagan. I have a photo in my ESO office. So those are moments that I definitely appreciate, and it means a lot. “
Meanwhile, Jim Harbaugh talked positively about the visit during a press conference last Wednesday.
Los Angeles Chargers chief coach Jim Harbaugh, throws a football ball in the field before the game against Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Sofi stadium in Inglewood, California, on December 15, 2024. (Images Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn)
“There is a lot of gratitude there to be invited to the White House to meet the president with my family, my mother and my dad. President Trump was great with my mother and dad. That meant a lot. My brother John; her daughter Allison; my two daughters, Addie and Katie; and my sister Joanie; and my niece Ainsley. Then, she is Nine Nine of us, and it was great, and it was a great Chargers
“I mean, who is invited to the White House with eight other family members and not? Nobody.”
