Trump and Rubio Bro Out at Championship Game, Ignoring 99% of World Problems
KEY POINTS
- •President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend Monday’s college football championship game in Miami, bonding over the sport.
- •Rubio supports his hometown Miami Hurricanes while Trump praises Indiana’s Cuban-American Heisman winner, Fernando Mendoza.
- •Mendoza, snubbed by Miami’s coach despite deep local family ties, faces off against his unyielding hometown and Rubio’s complex college loyalties.
President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are trading Latin American crises for turf wars at Miami's college football championship this Monday. Trump’s favorite sidekick Rubio, who’s also his football bro, plans to cheer for the Miami Hurricanes, despite a notable scandal: Rubio actually went to rival University of Florida. Local Cuban-American fans, loyal to their roots, are bizarrely split—many root against Miami in favor of Indiana’s Cuban-American Heisman winner, Fernando Mendoza, whose own hometown and family ties to UM make this snub extra spicy. Meanwhile, Pitbull will hype the halftime crowd with an enthusiastic 'DAMN. I LOVE MIAMI' on X, a sentiment that might confuse the Hoosier fanbase. Trump's mystery favorite is Mendoza, the un-schooled local star whose mom and dad are UM alumni but who was denied a scholarship by coach Cristobal. Not to be outdone, Rubio’s son Anthony—despite practicing with Miami players—chose UF walks-on life. Drama, nostalgia, and salty homegrown grudges ensure this championship is less about football and more about who gets to claim Miami street cred.
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Trump and Rubio at Miami game proving politics is just football but with fewer touchdowns and more sibling rivalry. Mendoza’s hometown smackdown is the only plot twist this season.
Nothing like decades-old high school grudges and Cuban-American voting blocs to spice up a football game now starring Trump and his Cabinet bros.
Rubio cheering against his own college while supporting his son’s old teammates feels like the political lovechild of a soap opera and a pickup game.
Source: Axios | Published: 1/14/2026 | Author: Marc Caputo
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