Trump energy duo appears at NY Knicks game

By Ellie Borst | 06/09/2026 01:26 PM EDT

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said he was in his home state to revive the administration’s push to advance the Constitution pipeline.

President Donald Trump listens to the National Anthem as he attends an NBA Finals playoff basketball game between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden in New York with James Dolan, Doug Burgum and Lee Zeldin.

President Donald Trump (left) listens to the National Anthem as he attends an NBA Finals playoff basketball game between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden in New York on Monday, with Knicks owner James Dolan, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin (right). Mark Schiefelbein/AP

There were a couple different forms of energy in the air at Monday night’s New York Knicks game.

President Donald Trump, alongside his two of his energy and environment Cabinet heads, was at Madison Square Garden to watch the basketball team lose its 46-day, 13-game winning streak.

“The energy was amazing,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, a longtime Knicks fan, said during a press gaggle after the game with Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.

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The crowd thunderously booed Trump when the Jumbotron panned to him during the national anthem, and protesters outside the arena held signs that said, “Trump must go” and “Nobody wants you here,” according to White House pool reports.

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