Baltimore Ravens star Marlon Humphrey revealed that after his meeting with Donald Trump, he pondered being more active in elections, having chosen not to partake in years past
Marlon Humphrey told reporters he would be voting in the next election after riding with Donald Trump
Marlon Humphrey told reporters he would be voting in the next election after riding with Donald Trump(Image: Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
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Marlon Humphrey, a Baltimore Ravens player, was in Sparrows Point, Maryland, and made a surprising political revelation after his interaction with Donald Trump.
Humphrey, Tyler Loop, Ryan Eckley, and Nick Moore were the Ravens in attendance at Tradepoint Atlantic, the same venue where Trump was delivering a speech. During the speech, Trump took a moment to shout out the players, even mentioning Lamar Jackson, who was not at the event.
Now, Humphrey has spoken out about his interaction with the president, including his surprising admission that he was apolitical, despite what his X posts might suggest, as some of his posts clearly reference Trump and his being in office.
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While in the president's limousine, known as "The Beast" due to its heavy weight and ability to withstand gunfire of various kinds, explosions, and mine blasts, Humphrey posted a quick video on social media, captioning the eight-second clip, "Do y'all know this guy? He claims that he's a billionaire!"
Speaking to the media after the encounter, the Ravens star offered insight into what it was like to meet the president and ride in "The Beast."
"That was a little surprising," Humphrey began to reporters following his visit. "That was a little, that was not how things were supposed to go. But President Trump asked us if we wanted to ride with him and I was not going to turn down a ride with the president."
Trump met with members of the Ravens' roster
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He added, "I didn't really think about the, I guess ... you know me, honestly, I put my phone out all the time. That was, that was, that was quite the experience to be in that very armored vehicle with the president."
Furthermore, when asked whether his appearance with Trump was an "expression of his political beliefs," the 30-year-old deflected, saying he would vote in the next election, though he didn't specify whether that was because he met with the 80-year-old.
"To be honest, I did not vote," he continued to reporters. "I don't think I've ever voted. I did try to vote this last time, but my absentee ballot didn't come in.
"So I don't really have any political beliefs. Um, I do plan on voting the next time around."
Despite claiming he didn't have "any political beliefs," he has posted about Trump more than 20 times since 2020.
After the 2024 assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, Humphrey stated that Trump "took a bullet for America."
When he was in Palm Beach, which is also home to Trump's Mar-a-Lago, Humphrey posted simply, "Where my president at. Let's golf..!"
In May, the 30-year-old wrote that, "The fake Trump hate funny to me. Majority voted for him but everybody seem to hate him lol…Somebody lying."