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Former President Donald Trump paid tribute to legendary Indiana Hoosiers basketball coach Bob Knight following his death on Wednesday night.
"The World just lost an incredible person, the Great Bobby Knight. He was not just an award-winning and record-breaking Coach," Trump said on his social media platform, Truth Social.The leading Republican presidential candidate called Knight"loyal." "He was loyal to his Players, to his State, and to our Country — Tough as nails, but a big heart," Trump continued.
Knight was a staunch supporter of Trump's political endeavors on the campaign trail at various rallies throughout the years."A year before I was going to run, Bobby Knight called," he recalled."'Trump! This is Bobby Knight and you gotta run for president. Our country needs you.'""When he Endorsed me, it was like the whole Great World of Indiana opened up happy and wide," he said on social media.
"Our hearts and prayers are with his wonderful wife Karen and Sons, Tim and Pat—Their Father was a great man!" Trump said in his Truth Social message.
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