{"id":125627,"date":"2025-09-07T02:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T02:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/125627\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T02:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T02:49:07","slug":"the-us-open-doesnt-want-you-to-hear-trump-being-booed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/125627\/","title":{"rendered":"The US Open Doesn\u2019t Want You To Hear Trump Being Booed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States Tennis Association has instructed broadcasters to avoid airing coverage of President Donald Trump\u2019s appearance at the US Open over fears of negative crowd reactions. <\/p>\n

The president is expected to attend the US Open Men\u2019s Singles Final at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens on Sunday, but networks covering the event have been asked to censor his reception. <\/p>\n

\u201cWith respect to Broadcast Coverage, the President will be shown on the World Feed and the Ashe Court Feed during the opening anthem ceremony,\u201c the USTA told broadcasters in an email<\/a> obtained by tennis journalist Ben Rothenberg.<\/p>\n

\"U.S.Donald Trump watches Serena Williams play her sister Venus Williams at the US Open on September 8, 2015. Carlo Allegri\/REUTERS <\/p>\n

\u201cWe ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President\u2019s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n

The instruction is likely an attempt to avoid a repeat of Trump\u2019s last appearance at the US Open in 2015, when the then-presidential candidate was roundly booed by spectators during a quarterfinal match between Venus and Serena Williams. <\/p>\n

The 79-year-old is scheduled to be shown on screen during the national anthem ahead of the match between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz. <\/p>\n

A source at ESPN who did not wish to be named told the Daily Beast that coverage of the final will be the same as any other sporting event and that the network is not planning to alter their broadcast in any way.<\/p>\n

In attachments to the press email, the USTA included a section on \u201ctalking points and additional facts regarding the President\u2019s visit.\u201d However, the only talking point listed is that \u201cPresident Trump is planning to watch the US Open Men\u2019s Singles Final from a suite as a sponsor guest.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sponsor hosting Trump is Swiss luxury watchmaker Rolex, which has a suite at Ashe Stadium. <\/p>\n

\"DonaldDonald Trump chows down during the 1989 US Open. Ron Galella\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

The U.S. is the largest market for Swiss watches. Trump imposed a 39 percent tariff on all Swiss imports, including luxury watches, which came into effect on Aug. 7. <\/p>\n

The Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry has said<\/a> that the tariffs are \u201ca threat to the entire Swiss economy,\u201d while the Swiss government is currently in talks<\/a> with the Trump administration to lower the economic penalties which are expected to dramatically increase the price of imported watches.<\/p>\n

The US Open, being a live sporting event, is subject to all manner of disruptions from the crowd, which broadcasters cannot control. <\/p>\n

In 2023, protestors from the climate action group Extinction Rebellion interrupted the US Open<\/a> semifinal between Karolina Muchova and Coco Gauff by gluing their feet to the floor of the stadium. The game was paused for nearly an hour while authorities removed them from the stands.<\/p>\n

The Daily Beast has contacted the USTA for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United States Tennis Association has instructed broadcasters to avoid airing coverage of President Donald Trump\u2019s appearance at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,1377,82,593,62704,2084],"class_list":["post-125627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-donald-j-trump","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-trumpland","tag-us-open"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}