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True Dough

(17,319 posts)
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 06:58 PM Jan 2017

Tom Brady on his friendship with Trump: "Why does everybody make such a big deal?"

The New England QB and four-time Super Bowl winner spoke to a Boston radio station yesterday about him and Drumpf being pals:

“I have called him, yes, in the past. Sometimes he calls me. Sometimes I call,” Brady said. “But, again, that’s been someone I’ve known. I always try to keep it in context because for 16 years you know someone before maybe he was in the position that he was in. He’s been very supportive of me for a long time. It’s just a friendship. I have a lot of friends. I call a lot of people.”

“Why does everybody make such a big deal? I don’t understand it,” he said. “I don’t want to get into it, but if you know someone it doesn’t mean you agree with everything they say or they do. You have a lot of friends in your life. I think there are things that are based in your own dealings with someone that is a personal dealing, not a public dealing. Because you have personal experiences.”

http://itiswhatitis.weei.com/sports/newengland/football/patriots/2017/01/23/tom-brady-offers-new-insight-to-relationship-with-donald-trump-recent-phone-call/


And then Gish Gallop came out and said: Trump is ‘grateful’ for Tom Brady’s loyalty

https://www.boston.com/sports/new-england-patriots/2017/01/24/kellyanne-conway-says-trump-is-grateful-for-tom-bradys-loyalty


Are people being too judgmental against Brady???







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Tom Brady on his friendship with Trump: "Why does everybody make such a big deal?" (Original Post) True Dough Jan 2017 OP
I didn't know he was friendly with Dump NastyRiffraff Jan 2017 #1
Sorry, but his "bromance" with Trump IS our business. . . DinahMoeHum Jan 2017 #2
A pair of snowflakes. NCjack Jan 2017 #3
Brady is an idiot then, Go Falcons... uponit7771 Jan 2017 #4
Agreed!!! Initech Jan 2017 #7
I agree with Tom. Who cares if he's friends with Trump. He's still a great football player. beaglelover Jan 2017 #5
Cheaters gotta hang together. milestogo Jan 2017 #6
I hope he gets trolled HARD at the Suoer Bowl by Trump haters nt adigal Jan 2017 #8
The guy might be able to play football, but he really is an idiot. smirkymonkey Jan 2017 #9

DinahMoeHum

(21,808 posts)
2. Sorry, but his "bromance" with Trump IS our business. . .
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 07:01 PM
Jan 2017

Hope TB realizes that as a public figure, he's fair game for whatever slings and arrows get thrown at him.


Sports Illustrated just came out with a story on this:
http://www.si.com/nfl/2017/01/24/tom-brady-donald-trump-friendship-election

Sportswriter Dave Zirin of The Nation will have something to say on this as well.


beaglelover

(3,489 posts)
5. I agree with Tom. Who cares if he's friends with Trump. He's still a great football player.
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 08:49 PM
Jan 2017

I don't have to agree with his politics in order to enjoy watching him play football.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
9. The guy might be able to play football, but he really is an idiot.
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 09:12 PM
Jan 2017

I thought that even before I knew of his bromance with Trump. Living in Boston, it's all Brady all the time and the guy strikes me as very dull-witted, and that's being generous. But then again, I think that of most sports figures, so maybe I'm just biased.

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