The President's Pitch: A Reality Check on Trump's Swipe at the Mets' Owner President Donald Trump's recent public appearance in Georgia sparked a flurry of attention from baseball fans, but it wasn't just his comments about the game that made headlines.
During the event, Trump took a jab at New York Mets owner Steve Cohen, joking that he'd "steal" Atlanta Braves Development Company CEO Mike Plant away to replace him as Mets chief executive.
On the surface, this seems like another example of Trump's flair for the dramatic and his tendency to poke fun at high profile friends turned nemesis.