President Donald Trump has offered some encouraging words and advice for graduating students at the University of Alabama.

As protesters dispersed in Tuscaloosa, Trump touched down in town and was greeted with cheers and a warmup speech from Nick Saban.

Roll Tide," Trump told hundreds of University of Alabama graduates gathered at the campus's Coleman Coliseum for the president's first commencement of his second term. "Roll, Tide" is a reference to a slogan of support and pride in the school's football team,

The U.S. economy contracted for the first time in three years in the first quarter, swamped by a flood of imports as businesses raced to avoid higher costs from tariffs and underscoring the disruptive nature of President Donald Trump's often chaotic trade policy.