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Three current and former members of the Pittsburgh Steelers, including starting quarterback Mason Rudolph, joined president Donald Trump on stage at a rally at U.S. Steel’s Irvin Works in West Mifflin on Friday.
Trump was in Pittsburgh promoting a deal to finally move forward with the proposed merger between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, a Japanese company.
Rudolph, Steelers safety and special teams captain Miles Killebrew, and four-time Super Bowl champion running back Rocky Bleier joined Trump on the stage.
Trump introduces “tall and handsome” Mason Rudolph to the stage at his rally
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“I happen to think a really good quarterback is a man named Mason Rudolph,” Trump said. “I think he’s going to get a big shot. He’s tall, he’s handsome, got a great arm, and I have a feel he’s gonna be the guy.”
Bleier presented Trump with a customized Steelers No. 47 jersey and called him an honorary member of the team.
Rudolph re-joined the Steelers on a two-year contract this offseason after spending the 2024 season with the Tennessee Titans. He was originally the team’s third-round pick out of Oklahoma State in 2018.
Killebrew has been with the team since 2021, and was selected to his second straight Pro Bowl as a special teamer in 2024.
Bleier, 79, was a 16th-round pick of the Steelers in 1968 out of Notre Dame, and saw his tenure with the team interrupted by his service in the Vietnam War, where he was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. Despite being told he’d never play football again, Bleier returned to be a key part of the 1970s dynasty.
Several former Steelers players supported Trump in his re-election campaign in 2024, including Bleier, Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell. Trump also visited Acrisure Stadium for a game against the New York Jets last October.
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