Why Patriots’ Robert Kraft Stopped Speaking With Donald Trump

Patriots owner Robert Kraft claims to no longer have much of a relationship with Donald Trump.

Appearing on “The Breakfast Club” last week, Kraft explained how he became a “social friend” of Trump’s in the early 1990s, around the time he purchased the New England franchise. Kraft also acknowledged he donated to Trump’s presidential campaign in the past and received a “really, really nice” message from the former United States president after his wife died from cancer in 2011.

But according to Kraft, the pair haven’t spoken in well over three years.

“The only donation I ever gave to him was he called me when he got elected, and I made a strong donation to his inauguration,” Kraft said, as transcribed by FOX News. “I couldn’t believe it, it was like having someone who was a drunk fraternity brother become president of the United States.”

Kraft added: “I will say this: I was very upset (with) what happened Jan. 6. And I haven’t talked to (Trump) since then.”

The 83-year-old isn’t the only pillar of the Patriots organization who previously had a connection to Trump but eventually cut ties. Back in 2022, former New England quarterback Tom Brady claimed he hadn’t spoken to Trump in “a lot of years.”