Weeks after hit Switzerland with a price of 39%, Trump to watch us the final of the Rolex suite, said source

Trump’s first appearance at the Grand Slam tournament in New York since 2015 – before his first round for the White House – will be on Sunday as the guest of the Swiss watchmaker, the person told the Associated Press under the cover of anonymity because these plans have not been publicly revealed.

Accepting the use of the Rolex suite is remarkable because it happens weeks after the Trump administration has imposed a 39% rate on Swiss products. It is more than 2,1/2 times higher than that of European Union products exported to the United States and almost four times higher than on British exports to the United States-which has raised questions about Switzerland’s ability to compete with the 27-member block.

Sunday’s match between Jannik Sinner n ° 1 and the n ° 2 Carlos Alcaraz is the last high-level sporting event for Trump after the Super Bowl in New Orleans, Daytona 500 in Florida, as well as UFC fights in Miami and Newark, New Jersey, NCAA Wrestling Championships in New Jersey.

The US Tennis Association said that its policy was “regularly asking our radediffusers to refrain from presenting disturbances outside the field”, it is therefore possible that ABC television of the match on Sunday does not understand the coverage of the demonstrations that could arise.

Trump frequently attended the United States Open more than a decade, before launching his political career when he lived in New York. He now lives mainly in his field of Florida, Mar-A-Lago, when he is not in Washington.

The Trump organization formerly controlled a sequel to the US Open, alongside the television broadcasting stand in Ashe, but stopped using it in 2017, the first year of Trump’s first mandate.

The invitation to use the Rolex suite was reported for the first time by the rebounds on the website.

Having an in -office at the US Open is unusual. This has not happened since Bill Clinton attended in 2000. Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, attended the opening evening in 2023.

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The author of the Associated Press Will Weissert contributed to this report.