John Harbaugh says Trump endorsement as Giants head coach 'feels really great'

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – New York Giants caput manager John Harbaugh reacted to President Donald Trump’s endorsement connected Tuesday arsenic helium was officially introduced to the media successful East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Fox News Digital asked Harbaugh however it felt to person the president’s endorsement.

"It feels truly great," Harbaugh said with a immense smile. "I besides noticed connected that station helium said, ‘And John, instrumentality the job!’ So, I thought John Mara mightiness person had thing to bash with that. I don’t know. But, it’s cool.

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New York Giants caput manager John Harbaugh speaks to the media aft being introduced during a quality league astatine the team’s NFL shot grooming facility. The lawsuit took spot successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, connected Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (Adam Hunger/AP Photo)

"It’s sports. Everybody’s excited. Everybody follows it. At each level, radical travel football. They travel the Giants. They travel the National Football League. Like we said, it’s the biggest sport. It’s the astir iconic franchise successful the biggest sport. So, present we are."

Trump again had glowing words to accidental astir the erstwhile Baltimore Ravens caput manager arsenic helium spoke to the White House property excavation earlier returning to Washington, D.C. from the assemblage shot nationalist championship.

He said helium didn’t deliberation helium had immoderate power implicit the determination but added that the Giants got a "great coach."

"I similar the coach. I similar his brother," helium said. "They came up to spot maine astir 3 months ago. They came up to spot maine successful the White House with their parent and begetter due to the fact that the parent likes me, and the begetter likes maine and I deliberation they similar me.

"And he’s a large manager and he’s gonna bash good with the Giants, conscionable similar his member does truthful well. They got thing precise peculiar successful their blood. And I’m blessed for the Giants. They got a large coach."

TRUMP REACTS TO GIANTS HIRING JOHN HARBAUGH AS HEAD COACH AFTER ENDORSEMENT

New York Giants caput manager John Harbaugh speaks to the media aft being introduced during a quality league astatine the team’s NFL shot grooming facility. The lawsuit took spot successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, connected Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (Adam Hunger/AP Photo)

Trump archetypal endorsed Harbaugh successful a station connected Truth Social, and past aboriginal specifically endorsed the thought of the Giants hiring him.

"The New York Football Giants should hire, without question, John Harbaugh – And John, a large guy, should TAKE THE JOB!!!" helium wrote earlier this month.

John and Jim Harbaugh and their families met with Trump astatine the White House implicit the summer. The gathering led Harbaugh to support himself aft a newsman framed a question connected the sojourn astir Trump's erstwhile comments criticizing Baltimore arsenic a city.

"How you framed that question — I would person framed that question like: ‘You got a accidental to spell sojourn with the president, man. What was that acquisition like?’" Harbaugh said astatine the time. "It was amazing. It was awesome. And I committedness you I basal for our president. I privation our president to beryllium palmy conscionable similar I privation my backmost to beryllium successful, and I privation my squad to beryllium successful, and it was an astonishing experience. It's not often you get invited, and you get a accidental to bash thing similar that arsenic a family."

Jim Harbaugh echoed his brother’s sentiments.

"There’s a batch of gratitude determination to beryllium invited to the White House to conscionable the president with my family, my ma and dad. President Trump was conscionable large to my ma and dad. That meant truthful much. My member John; his girl Allison; my 2 daughters, Addie and Katie; and my sister Joanie; and my niece Ainsley. So, there’s 9 of us, and it was great."

President Donald Trump tours the Ford River Rouge Complex connected Jan. 13, 2026, successful Dearborn, Michigan. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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The Ravens made the playoffs 12 times with Harbaugh successful complaint and won the Super Bowl successful the 2012 season, a twelvemonth aft the Giants’ astir caller championship.

Fox News’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.