{"id":1127981,"date":"2026-01-10T21:40:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T02:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1127981"},"modified":"2026-01-10T21:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T02:40:22","slug":"president-donald-trump-implores-new-york-giants-to-hire-john-harbaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/president-donald-trump-implores-new-york-giants-to-hire-john-harbaugh\/","title":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump implores New York Giants to hire John Harbaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump took to <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115872664324587956\" target=\"_blank\">Truth Social<\/a> on Saturday to urge the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" target=\"_blank\">New York Giants<\/a> to hire John Harbaugh as their next head coach, calling the decorated veteran a &#8220;winner&#8221; who could restore championship pedigree to the franchise.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Trump: The New York Football Giants should hire, without question, John Harbaugh &#8211; And John, a great guy, should TAKE THE JOB!!! President DJT <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GQvtOi8oUU\">pic.twitter.com\/GQvtOi8oUU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/2010087122028708296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The endorsement comes amid reported mutual interest between Harbaugh and the Giants. Multiple insiders indicate the former <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/baltimore-ravens\/366\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> coach, fresh off 18 seasons and a Super Bowl title, &#8220;really likes&#8221; the Giants organization, while team brass is &#8220;all in&#8221; on landing him for the vacant head coaching position.<\/p>\n<p>Harbaugh is said to be studying film on rookie quarterbacks like Giants&#8217; Jaxson Dart and Tennessee Titans&#8217; Cam Ward as he prepares for a potential role. Other reports suggest he seeks some personnel influence and collaborative power alongside general manager Joe Schoen, though not total roster control.<\/p>\n<p>A formal interview is expected as early as next week, with the Giants prioritizing Harbaugh over other potential suitors like Kevin Stefanski and Mike McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/giantswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/giants\/2026\/01\/10\/president-donald-trump-implores-new-york-giants-hire-john-harbaugh\/88121310007\/\">President Donald Trump implores New York Giants to hire John Harbaugh<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/president-donald-trump-implores-york-214022100.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/president-donald-trump-implores-york-214022100.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday to urge the New York Giants to hire John Harbaugh as their next head coach, calling&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1127981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1127981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1127981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1127981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1127981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}