“They can watch it on television,” the president said …

Joe Calvello, a spokesman for Mr. Mamdani, said the mayor was paying his own way, but declined to say how much his ticket cost. A spokeswoman for Madison Square Garden referred questions about the president’s ticket to the White House, which declined to comment. Mr. Trump, when asked about the exorbitant ticket prices, suggested that Knicks fans were victims of the team’s success. He offered a cheaper solution. “They can watch it on television,” the president said on Friday to reporters aboard Air Force One. “It’s sort of semi-free to watch it on television. That’s the way life goes.”

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Joe Calvello, a spokesman for Mr. Mamdani, said the mayor was paying his own way, but declined to say how much his ticket cost. A spokeswoman for Madison Square Garden referred questions about the president’s ticket to the White House, which declined to comment. Mr. Trump, when asked about the exorbitant ticket prices, suggested that Knicks fans were victims of the team’s success. He offered a cheaper solution. “They can watch it on television,” the president said on Friday to reporters aboard Air Force One. “It’s sort of semi-free to watch it on television. That’s the way life goes.”