Donald Trump Name Drops Bob Kraft, Bill Belichick; Says Tom Brady is Fine for AFC Championship

The man who will be the President of the United States on at noon today is backing the Patriots in the playoffs and says Tom Brady is doing fine, despite sounding sick Wednesday.

During a dinner in Washington D.C. Thursday night, Donald Trump noted that Patriots owner Robert Kraft was in the audience and gave some news that Patriots fans will be hoping is true.

"We have somebody in the audience who is under no pressure whatsoever because he's got a great quarterback named Tom Brady and a great coach named Belichick. Your friend Tom called. He says he feels good," Trump said.

Trump also said he outworked the other presidential candidates, something he said he learned from Patriots head coach Bill Belichick

The Trump-Patriots romance has been well-documented since before Trump ran for president. In the past, Trump has been a guest at games and has appeared in the team's locker room. That relationship got flung into the spotlight in September 2015 when a reporter spotted a "Make America Great Again" hat in Brady's locker and asked him about it, with Brady replying that a Trump win would be great. Trump went on to say that he received Brady's endorsement, but the Patriots quarterback would backtrack shortly afterward.

On the night before the election, Trump told a crowd in New Hampshire that Brady endorsed him and he read a letter of support from Belichick. The Patriots head coach defended the letter two days later, telling reporters that it was written out of friendship and not out of politics. That same day, Brady danced around questions about Trump, announcing that he was done talking about politics at his wife's request.

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