The greatest closer of all time just closed all speculation about who he will be supporting for president. Ex-Yankee Mariano Rivera told radio host Sid Rosenberg that he will be backing Donald Trump for president.
Rivera said it's not about “the right or the left,” rather he was supporting who he believes will do “the right thing for the country.” President Trump invited Rivera, and little leaguers, to the White House during his presidency and famously had a catch with the Hall of Famer on the White House lawn. Rivera continued about his support for the former president saying “President Trump, he’s my friend, 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.”
In addition to serving on the president's Sports, Fitness and Nutrition council, Trump awarded Rivera the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019 for his career and charitable contributions to impoverished communities two months after he was inducted unanimously into the Baseball Hall of Fame.