The Mets have the highest payroll in the league, at more than $328 million, and are in second-to-last place in the National League

President Donald Trump came down to Georgia Wednesday to help boost the campaign of Republican Rep. Mike Collins, a Senate candidate whom Trump said was one of the most “highly respected” members of Congress.

President Donald Trump ranks among the biggest sports fans to ever sit in the Oval Office and took a little dig at the struggling New York Mets at a recent rally. During a rally in Georgia today, President Trump hyped up the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves amid their 59-42 record.

Donald Trump returned to Georgia on Wednesday, where he soaked up the adulation of his MAGA fanbase and escaped the ongoing frustrations of Washington, D.C., where his legislative agenda is stalled and his war with Iran continues to spiral out of his control.

The man was also seen echoing part of the president’s speech during a rally at a high school on Wednesday, July 22

President Donald Trump’s Wednesday, July 22, speech at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Ga. , went viral when an unidentified man seated directly behind him mocked his signature hand gestures, head tilts and mouthed along with his remarks.

Heading to Georgia on Wednesday, President Trump is campaigning more often this year than he did in the same period for 2018 and has already rallied for a dozen candidates in toss-up races.

The New York Mets entered the 2026 Major League Baseball season with very high expectations. FanGraphs’ projections on March 25 had the Mets winning 90 games, fewer than only the Los Angeles Dodgers.

One of Donald Trump’s own rally attendees lampooned his mannerisms from right behind the president—all in the view of broadcast cameras. During Trump’s rally at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia,