--- title: Jim Brown on Donald Trump: 'He's Got My Admiration' description: NFL star Jim Brown has voiced his respect for Donald Trump after meeting the President-elect at Trump Tower on Tuesday. canonical: https://time.com/4602009/jim-brown-donald-trump/ author: Suyin Haynes article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-14T15:47:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:18:01.704Z article:section: Politics og:title: NFL Legend Jim Brown on Donald Trump: 'He's Got My Admiration' og:description: "No one gave him a chance" og:url: https://time.com/4602009/jim-brown-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf28406a11067da06/6988b2eaab6d77b2976ac42a/jim-brown.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Meetings At Trump Tower og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: NFL Legend Jim Brown on Donald Trump: 'He's Got My Admiration' twitter:description: "No one gave him a chance" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf28406a11067da06/6988b2eaab6d77b2976ac42a/jim-brown.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # NFL Legend Jim Brown on Donald Trump: 'He's Got My Admiration' by [Suyin Haynes](/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Dec 14, 2016 3:47 PM CUT  Pastor Darrell Scott, former professional football player Jim Brown and Omarosa Manigault arrive at Trump Tower, on Dec. 13, 2016. Pastor Darrell Scott, former professional football player Jim Brown and Omarosa Manigault arrive at Trump Tower, on Dec. 13, 2016.Drew Angerer—Getty Images by [Suyin Haynes](/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Dec 14, 2016 3:47 PM CUT NFL star Jim Brown is speaking up for [Donald Trump](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-donald-trump-choice/?xid=homepage&pcd=hp-magmod "undefined") after meeting the President-elect at Trump Tower on Tuesday. “He won it fair and square,” the Football Hall of Famer said, reflecting on Trump’s election win on CNN. While Brown voted for [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-hillary-clinton-runner-up/?xid=homepage&pcd=hp-magmod "undefined") in November, Brown expressed his admiration for Trump’s attitude towards Democratic voters, saying that “he’s amenable to listening to people who did not vote for him.” When asked what was discussed at the meeting with the [President-elect](http://time.com/4565010/donald-trump-evangelicals-win/?iid=sr-link5 "undefined"), Brown mention issues of concern to black voters, including education and economic development. “We talked about making America a better country,” Brown said, adding that “it isn’t really just about Donald Trump, its about him and the position he occupies.” “When he went through what he went through to become President, he got my admiration,” Brown added. “No one gave him a chance.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4602009/jim-brown-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4602009/jim-brown-donald-trump/"},"headline":"NFL Legend Jim Brown on Donald Trump: 'He's Got My Admiration'","datePublished":"2016-12-14T15:47:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:18:01.704Z","description":"\"No one gave him a chance\"","url":"https://time.com/4602009/jim-brown-donald-trump/","keywords":["Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf28406a11067da06/6988b2eaab6d77b2976ac42a/jim-brown.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Suyin Haynes","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf28406a11067da06/6988b2eaab6d77b2976ac42a/jim-brown.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Meetings At Trump Tower","caption":"President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Meetings At Trump Tower","creditText":"Drew Angerer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4602009/jim-brown-donald-trump/","name":"NFL Legend Jim Brown on Donald Trump: 'He's Got My Admiration'"}}]}] ```