TUSCALOOSA, Ala (WIAT)– President Donald Trump announced he would be coming to Tide Country for Saturday’s game between SEC powerhouses Louisiana State University and the University of Alabama.

Since the announcement, the reaction has varied.

LSU and Bama fans talking game day with CBS 42’s Jessalyn Adams

T-shirts reading ‘ROLL TRUMP ROLL’ are fresh off the printing press and up for sale on Amazon.

Another group raised enough money to bring “Baby Trump” to the game.

Demonstrators gather in front of an inflatable “Baby Trump” to protest the arrival of President Donald Trump outside Miami Valley Hospital after a mass shooting that occurred in the Oregon District early Sunday morning, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. President Donald Trump is headed to Dayton and El Paso, Texas on Wednesday to offer a message of healing and unity, but he will be met by unusual hostility in both places by people who fault his own incendiary words as a contributing cause to the mass shootings . (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

President Trump’s arrival and game attendance has city and university leaders planning for extensive security and more traffic.

Walt Maddox tweeted from a meeting Monday saying the city is preparing for an “epic” weekend.

UA’s Student Government Association has asked to students to refrain from “disruptive behavior” due to the additional security at the game.

How are you preparing for Saturday’s game?


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