President Trump tweeted Sunday that he will not throw out a ceremonial first pitch at a Yankee game on August 15, three days after first announcing that he would.

His stated reasoning was that he instead needs to focus on the nation's response to the coronavirus and the subsequent economic fallout.

The president claimed that Yankee President Randy Levine "asked me to throw out the first pitch" at Yankee Stadium just hours before Dr. Anthony Fauci threw out the first pitch prior to the Yankees facing the Washington Nationals in D.C. for the first game of the coronavirus-delayed season.

Several local elected officials made their opposition to the plan known, including Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., who released a statement.

"We all deserve better than a careless Major League Baseball organization that consistently ignores the surrounding community while pandering to an unapologetic white supremacist like Donald Trump," the statement read, in part.

In their second game of the season, Yankees' outfielders Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Hicks both took a knee during the national anthem. Afterwards, when asked about the team's plan to have President Trump toss the opening pitch, Stanton told reporters, "I’m not positive that that’s a for-sure thing happening. But, at the same time, we’ll get there when we get there," he said. "That’s in August. It’s not something I need to worry about now."

In 2017, the Nationals invited President Trump to throw out the first pitch before their first game that season. He declined, citing scheduling conflicts. This time, he said that they would reschedule for later in the season.