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Trump Hosts the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2025 World Series Champions, Jul. 23, 2026

July 23, 2026 · The White House · 0:26:14

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What happened

President Donald Trump welcomed the Los Angeles Dodgers — owner and chairman Mark Walter, team president Stan Kasten, and manager Dave Roberts at his side — to the White House on July 23, 2026, in the first event held in the rebuilt Rose Garden, as he described it. “We’re delighted to host the 2025 World Series champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers,” he said. “And for the first time in the proud history of this famous franchise, you are repeat champions.”

He praised the club as “one of the great brands anywhere in the world,” thanked Walter and Roberts — “That’s a hell of a manager” — and noted the cabinet fans in attendance, including Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He closed by inviting the team to the Oval Office for a presentation: “This is a special moment… Thank you very much and a job well done.”

Why it matters

Championship receptions are part of the ceremonial record this chronicle keeps; this one doubles as the public debut of the renovated Rose Garden the President has been showing visitors through the summer, and it preserves his account of the franchise’s first back-to-back titles as the White House stated it.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump Hosts the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2025 World Series Champions,” July 23, 2026 (official upload, embedded above). All characterizations as stated by the President at the reception.