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Donald Trump has sat down for a (prerecorded) interview with Fox before the game. He’s the first sitting president in history to attend a Super Bowl. He’s asked about Elon Musk’s Doge team’s actions of late. He says he backs Musk’s policies calling him a “great help” and says he will look at the Department of Education “in the next 24 hours” then the military. He says Canada would be better off as “America’s 51st state”.
Andrew Lawrence, who is in New Orleans for us this weekend, says Eagles fans have definitely outnumbered Chiefs fans in the days leading up to the Super Bowl. Although maybe Chiefs fans are just bored of the Super Bowl now that they win it every year (maybe not in 2025 though!). Anyway, businesses around New Orleans have anticipated an Eagles victory and have started greasing lightpoles to stop jubilant Philly fans climbing them if their team wins (they have previous form on such things) – the city’s major has already asked fans not to do so.