Despite finishing the season without a division title or even making it to the playoffs, Bill Belichick may be walking into 2021 with a different kind of accolade. President Trump is planning to award Belichick, his longtime friend, the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday, according to a report from Politico.
The announcement comes less than two weeks before Trump will leave office on Jan. 20 and days after a mob attack on the Capitol that left five dead. Some are calling on the Patriots coach to decline, while others called the move from Trump a ‘cheap stunt.