Trump's anticipated attendance will set a new precedent. Although several vice presidents have attended the Super Bowl, including Spiro Agnew in 1971, George H.W. Bush in 1982, and Al Gore in 1994 and Mike Pence in 2017, no sitting president has done so. Bush later attended a Super Bowl as a former president, participating in the coin toss during Super Bowl XXXVI, also held in New Orleans. Trump's attendance also comes amid heightened security measures following a recent terrorist incident in the city. The game will take place just over a month after an ISIS-inspired attacker drove a truck through New Year's Eve crowds on Bourbon Street, resulting in 14 fatalities and dozens of injuries.

President Donald Trump will attend the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Sunday. Trump’s trip to see the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles was confirmed Tuesday by a White House official who was not authorized to speak publicly about the president’s plans and spoke on condition of anonymity. It will be his first time attending the game as president. Trump is also scheduled to sit for an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier as part of the network’s preshow programming, which is set to be taped from Florida before the game. Presidents traditionally grant an interview to the network that’s broadcasting the football game, though both Trump and his predecessor, Joe Biden, were inconsistent about participating in previous years.

President Trump plans to attend Sunday’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, becoming the first sitting commander-in-chief to attend America’s biggest annual sporting event, The Post has learned. The planned presence of Trump, 78, at the Caesars Superdome was first reported by Punchbowl News and confirmed by federal law enforcement sources. The president’s attendance will necessitate an extra layer of security, with the game taking place 39 days after an ISIS-inspired terrorist drove a truck through crowds celebrating New Year’s Eve on Bourbon Street, killing 14 people and injuring dozens more. Trump also is recording an interview with Fox News host Bret Baier, which will air on the Fox network’s pregame show at 3 p.m. ahead of the 6:30 p.m. kickoff between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs.