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President Donald Trump reaffirmed his stance that Pete Rose should beryllium successful nan Baseball Hall of Fame connected Friday.
Speaking to reporters astatine nan White House, Trump suggested that his absence from nan Hall of Fame is simply a "disservice."
"I deliberation Pete Rose should person been successful nan Baseball Hall of Fame a agelong clip ago," Trump said. "I deliberation shot did a awesome disservice by not respecting his achievements connected nan field."
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Donald Trump supports Pete Rose's induction into nan Hall of Fame, a move that now appears apt to happen. (IMAGN)
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred removed Rose, and respective different players, from nan ineligible database successful May 2025, allowing nan anticipation of those athletes being voted into nan Hall of Fame. He admitted astatine a news convention owners gathering that Trump’s support for Rose was 1 of nan galore factors that went into nan decision.
"The president was 1 of a number of voices that was supportive of nan thought that this was nan correct decision," Manfred said past May. "Obviously, I person respect for nan agency and nan proposal that he gave I paid attraction to, but I had a batch of different group that were weighing successful connected nan topic, arsenic well."
Trump wrote connected Truth Social successful March 2025 that he would pardon Rose. He and Manfred met successful April astir Rose’s Hall of Fame candidacy.
"Major League Baseball didn’t person nan courageousness aliases decency to put nan late, great, Pete Rose, besides known arsenic ‘Charlie Hustle,’ into nan Baseball Hall of fame. Now he is dead, will ne'er acquisition nan thrill of being selected, moreover though he was a FAR BETTER PLAYER than astir of those who made it, and tin only beryllium named posthumously. WHAT A SHAME!" Trump wrote past March.
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Donald Trump says Pete Rose should beryllium inducted into nan Hall of Fame immediately. (Getty Images)
"Anyway, complete nan adjacent fewer weeks I will beryllium signing a complete PARDON of Pete Rose, who shouldn’t person been gambling connected baseball, but only stake connected HIS TEAM WINNING. He ne'er betted against himself, aliases nan different team. He had nan astir hits, by far, successful shot history, and won much games than anyone successful sports history. Baseball, which is dying each complete nan place, should get disconnected its fat, lazy a--, and elite Pete Rose, moreover though acold excessively late, into nan Baseball Hall of Fame!"
Rose died successful September 2024 astatine nan property of 83 from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Rose admitted to gambling successful 2004 aft years of claiming his innocence. He died successful September 2024 and predicted 10 days earlier his decease that he would not make nan Hall of Fame until aft he died, if astatine all.
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It was recovered that Rose gambled connected nan Reds, only to win, while he was some a head and a player.
Fox News Digital’s Ryan Gaydos and Ryan Morik contributed to this report.
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