Trump Outrage Helped Shedeur Sanders Get Drafted, Press Secretary Jokes

tmz.comPublished: 4/28/2025

Summary

It's quite the twist that President Trump would influence a high-profile NFL draft pick—something as unusual as a White House press secretary making light of her potential NFL career being linked to his draft tantrum. Karoline Leavitt, Shedeur Sanders, quipped that while the facts do indeed speak for themselves after Trump took a Hall of Fame quarterback early in Day 1, it's unclear if he intended to speed up the process, as her long-term NFL ambitions were delayed until Day 3. Meanwhile, tweets from The Spectator Index highlighted Trump questioning whether NFL owners were "stupid" not to draft the star quarterback, sparking further debate on the impact of his comment.