Former President Donald Trump has netted another endorsement ahead of the 2024 presidential election, this time from retired New York Yankees player Mariano Rivera.
The former baseball player was asked about the current state of the world and if he believed that Trump should return to the White House in a recent interview with radio host Sid Rosenberg. Rivera agreed that Trump should be president again, arguing that he is not going “for the Right or the Left” but instead would vote for whoever is doing “the right thing for the country.”
“President Trump, he’s my friend,” Rivera said. “I can’t deny that. I will tell that to anyone. Before he was the president, he was my friend. Because of that, I’m going to vote for him.”
President Donald Trump shakes hands with former New York Yankees baseball pitcher Mariano Rivera during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rivera in the East Room of the White House on Sept. 16, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Rivera, who retired from the Yankees in 2013, ha …