Bill Belichick, Tom Brady Discuss Relationship with President-Elect Donald Trump

November 9, 2016   ·   Timothy Rapp   ·   Jump to comments

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and Tom Brady clarified their positions Wednesday in regard to Donald Trump after the president-elect referenced both men in a speech Monday night.
Belichick said that the note he wrote to Trump, which the president-elect read out loud to a crowd in Manchester, New Hampshire, wasn't "politically motivated" but rather stemmed from his long-standing relationship with Trump.
"I've received a number of inquiries relative to a note I wrote to Donald on Monday," Belichick told reporters. "Our friendship goes back many years. I think anybody that spends more than five minutes with me knows I'm not a political person. My comments are not politically motivated."
He went on to note that, several weeks ago, the Patriots had Secretary of State John Kerry visit the team in the locker room, and he called Kerry another friend of his:
I can't imagine two people with more different political views than those two...

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