{"id":212101,"date":"2025-09-09T06:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T06:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/212101\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T06:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T06:11:11","slug":"karoline-leavitt-butters-up-to-trump-on-social-media-after-us-open-boos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/212101\/","title":{"rendered":"Karoline Leavitt Butters Up to Trump on Social Media After US Open Boos:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Social media users mocked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt after she posted a video of President Donald Trump at the U.S. Open on X a day after he garnered boos from the crowd. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The press secretary, 28, gushed over her boss, captioning the post \u201cThe People\u2019s President and the coolest boss ever. Signing hats for fans at the #USOpen.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Trump, who was present at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens for the men\u2019s singles final of the Grand Slam on Sunday, garnered loud boos and some cheers from the crowd. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Leavitt\u2019s post showed Trump autographing hats, including a signature \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d red cap, before tossing them into the crowd. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">While MAGA supporters joined Leavitt in fawning over Trump as the \u201cPeople\u2019s President,\u201d critics reminded the press secretary that the crowd at the U.S. Open had a less than favorable reaction to Trump. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHe is signing hats for the people that booed him?,\u201d one user wrote. \u201cHe got booed for a minute straight,\u201d said another user. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt clap during the U.S. Open men's tennis final at Arthur Ashe Stadium, in Flushing Meadows, New York City, U.S., September 7, 2025.\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/V5BQOMDCORHAXIUO4L73ZGBUK4.JPG\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>President Trump garnered boos and cheers at the US Open. Evelyn Hockstein\/Evelyn Hockstein\/REUTERS <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s appearance at the yearly tennis championship marks the first time in a decade that the president has attended the event. The president arrived with members of his Cabinet including White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Leavitt, and special envoy Steve Witkoff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner and granddaughter Arabella Kushner were also present alongside the president. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s attendance created massive delays from the additional security measures in place, postponing the match between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz by 30 minutes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The U.S. Open announced on X that \u201cto ensure that fans have additional time to get to their seats,\u201d the match\u2019s start time was pushed back to 2:30 PM EST. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As a result of\u00a0the\u00a0security measures in place, and to ensure\u00a0that fans have additional\u00a0time to get to their seats,\u00a0we have pushed the start time of today\u2019s match to 2:30 pm ET.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 US Open Tennis (@usopen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usopen\/status\/1964744162332602844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The delays triggered long lines and even caused some attendees to miss parts of the tennis match. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to the <a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-us-open-sporting-events-boos-5a80b02c78403f1f2f87a30852ffb0f5&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-us-open-sporting-events-boos-5a80b02c78403f1f2f87a30852ffb0f5\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-us-open-sporting-events-boos-5a80b02c78403f1f2f87a30852ffb0f5\">Associated Press<\/a>, Trump was seen smirking on the Jumbotron during the National Anthem, which made the boos louder. The president remained stoic for most of the match, even as Alcaraz scored against Sinner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to journalist <a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/www.benrothenberg.com\/p\/us-open-donald-trump-mens-final-attendance-visit-appearance-censorship-tv-booing-protest-jannik-sinner-carlos-alcaraz&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benrothenberg.com\/p\/us-open-donald-trump-mens-final-attendance-visit-appearance-censorship-tv-booing-protest-jannik-sinner-carlos-alcaraz\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.benrothenberg.com\/p\/us-open-donald-trump-mens-final-attendance-visit-appearance-censorship-tv-booing-protest-jannik-sinner-carlos-alcaraz\">Ben Rothenberg<\/a>, the U.S. Tennis Association emailed broadcasters in a preemptive attempt to censor negative coverage of the president. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Sep 7, 2025; Flushing, NY, USA;  President Donald Trump throws an autographed visor after the final of mens singles at Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4DLM74DNQFDXPD2LZFRDUDARPU.JPG\"  width=\"800\" height=\"449\"\/>President Trump autographed hats and tossed them into the crowd at the US Open after causing delays. Geoff Burke\/Geoff Burke-Imagn Images\/Reuters Connect <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWith respect to Broadcast Coverage, the President will be shown on the World Feed and the Ashe Court Feed during the opening anthem ceremony,\u201d said the email. \u201cWe ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President\u2019s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House for additional comment. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Social media users mocked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt after she posted a video of President Donald&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":212102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[77,8133,62,1464,67,132,68,10118],"class_list":{"0":"post-212101","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-donald-j-trump","9":"tag-karoline-leavitt","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-us-open"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115172860826331592","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}