President Donald Trump had high praise for Drew Brees and his time as the starting quarterback for the New Orleans Saints during a Washington Commanders game on Sunday.
Trump was interviewed by the Fox broadcast crew of Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma, a former Saints star, during Sunday's Fox broadcast of the Commanders-Detroit Lions game in Washington. The interview lasted approximately eight and a half minutes, and nearly three minutes in, Trump turned to Vilma and asked him about Brees once Vilma showed the President his Super Bowl championship ring.
"You really had a good quarterback, didn't you?" Trump asked Vilma.
"Eh, he was OK," Vilma said in a high-pitched, sarcastic tone. "Drew Brees, he was OK. Future Hall of Famer."
Trump continued to discuss Brees.
"He was accurate!" he said. "And he knew how to win. It was like throwing darts! Right?"
"President Trump, [Brees] was the best teammate I've had," Vilma said. "It was literally like throwing darts watching him play."
"And you know what else I liked about Drew Brees, he threw a ball you could catch," Trump said. "It wasn't going 200 miles an hour that hits you in the face."
Vilma countered.
"But that's how you could've played tight end, right?" Vilma asked Trump.
"I would have liked him as a quarterback," Trump replied.
Vilma then continued the playful banter by referencing an online meme that stemmed from Skrilla's "Doot Doot" single.
"You definitely would've had like six, seven touchdowns?" Vilma asked Trump.
"Yeah," Trump answered. "He puts it in your hands. Now, you see some of the guys with the powerful arms, they're throwing so hard − Tom Brady told me once. He said, 'You know, you've got to put it in their hands. You've got to help them out a little bit. You can't just rip it in there.'"
President Donald Trump's full eight-minute interview in the NFL on Fox booth with Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma during the Commanders-Lions game.
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Trump was at the game to honor U.S. military members at halftime. Before the game, the 47th president reportedly said he wanted the new Commanders' stadium to be named after him, according to ESPN. The federal government entered Day 39 of its shutdown Sunday.