·TennisWeeks after hitting Switzerland with 39% tariff, Trump to watch U.S.
Open men’s final from the Rolex suite, source saysBy Brian MahoneyBy The Associated PressBy Brian MahoneyBy The Associated Press President Donald Trump.AP Photo/Alex BrandonPresident Donald Trump will watch the U.S.
Open men’s final from Rolex’s suite in Arthur Ashe Stadium, a person with knowledge of the details said Saturday.
Trump’s first appearance at the Grand Slam tournament in New York since 2015 — before his first run for the White House — will be Sunday as a guest of the Swiss watchmaker, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because those plans were not publicly revealed.
Accepting use of Rolex’s suite is noteworthy because it comes weeks after the Trump administration imposed a 39% tariff on Swiss ducts.
That’s more than 2 1/2 times higher than the one on European Union goods exported to the U.S. and nearly four times higher than on British exports to the U.S.
— which has raised questions Switzerland’s ability to compete with the 27-member bloc that it neighbors. Sunday’s match between No. 1 Jannik Sinner and No.
2 Carlos Alcaraz is the high-file sporting event for Trump after the Super Bowl in New Orleans, the Daytona 500 in Florida, as well as UFC fights in Miami and Newark, New Jersey, the NCAA wrestling championships in Philadelphia and the FIFA World Cup final in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
The U.S.
Tennis Association said its policy is to “regularly ask our broadcasters to refrain from showcasing off-court disruptions,” so it’s possible ABC’s telecast of the match Sunday might not include coverage of any tests that might arise.
Trump frequently att the U.S. Open more than a decade ago, before he launched his political career, when he d in New York.
He now primarily s at his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, when he’s not in Washington. The Trump Organization once controlled a suite at the U.S.
Open, adjacent to the television broadcasting booth in Ashe, but stopped using it in 2017, the first year of Trump’s first term.
The invitation to use the Rolex suite was first reported by the website Bounces. Having a sitting president at the U.S. Open is unusual. It hasn’t happened since Bill Clinton att in 2000.
Former President Barack Obama and wife, Michelle, att the opening night in 2023. ___ Associated Press Writer Will Weissert contributed to this report. Fortune Global Forum returns Oct.
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