Robert Kraft and Donald Trump on the field prior to a
New England Patriots game.
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Krupa/AP
Robert Kraft and President Donald Trump are close,
despite the Patriots owner being a life-long Democrat.
Kraft gave an example of their friendship by noting
that Trump called him repeatedly after Kraft's wife died, just
to check up on him.
Kraft said Trump was one of only a few people who made
that much of an effort.
The New England Patriots triumvirate of owner Robert Kraft, head
coach Bill Belichick, and quarterback Tom Brady have ruffled a
few feathers in the heavily Democratic Commonwealth of
Massachusetts for their friendship and loyalty to President
Donald Trump.
For Kraft especially, the relationship is puzzling to many since
Kraft is a life-long democrat and donated to President Barack
Obama's campaigns.
While Belichick and Brady have largely stayed mum on the subject,
Kraft opened up about his loyalty
in an interview with the New York Daily News.
Kraft brought up the time his wife died and how Trump was
one of the few people who was truly there for him, a time that
seemingly cemented Kraft's loyalty to their friendship.
"When Myra died, Melania and Donald came up to the
funeral in our synagogue, then they came for memorial week to
visit with me," Kraft told the Daily News. "Then he called me
once a week for the whole year, the most depressing year of my
life when I was down and out. He called me every week to see how
I was doing, invited me to things, tried to lift my spirits. He
was one of five or six people that were like that. I remember
that."
It is hard to hear that story and not understand why their bond
goes well beyond politics.
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