This is an opinion cartoon. “It’s like opening for the Rolling Stones.” That’s how Nick Saban described introducing Donald Trump to an audience of graduates at a televised political speech at the University of Alabama last night.

Shortly after taking the stage at Coleman Coliseum on May 1, President Donald Trump talked Alabama football. After being introduced by former Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban, Trump began his remarks at the University of Alabama 's special commencement ceremony by asking students to remember where they were when Saban retired.