Speaking aboard Air Force One, President Donald Trump addresses the skyrocketing cost of Game 3 tickets at Madison Square Garden, noting that "that's the way life goes."

President Donald Trump plans to be at Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday, June 8, but he doesn’t seem to have much sympathy for New York Knicks fans that can’t afford a ticket.

Donald Trump shrugs off Knicks fans unable to afford $8k NBA Finals tickets

With the Knicks in the Finals for the first time since 1999, tickets were already in historic demand. Now that they’ve taken the first two games of the series, ticket prices at home are entering the stratosphere.

It helps to know “a guy”—or a banker—to avoid the StubHub free-for-all.

Tickets to Game 3 at Madison Square Garden are currently 455% more expensive than tickets to Game 1 in San Antonio

The Knicks survived another thriller in Game 2 and now head back to Madison Square Garden with a 2-0 NBA Finals lead and a chance to bring a championship back to New York.

Donald Trump is fully invested in the New York Knicks’ NBA Finals run, but he kept his praise focused on the team rather than building everything around one player. The Knicks’ return to the Finals has pushed their biggest names into a brighter spotlight.