NEW YORK — Put a “C” on Abdul Carter’s Giants jersey now.

While Jaxson Dart avoided using Donald Trump’s name during an evasive five-minute prepared statement and Friday press conference, his teammate Carter showed true leadership by doubling down on his feelings about Dart’s support of the divisive president over Memorial Day Weekend.

“Some things are bigger than football, and this is one of those things,” Carter, 22, said after Friday’s practice. “Jaxson is one of our leaders. He’s the face of our franchise. He not only represents himself in what he does, but he represents all of us. And that goes for anybody who wears a Giants uniform. But if he chooses to align himself with a man like President Trump, it’s my responsibility based on what I believe and what I stand on to not only show my teammates that I’m against that but to show the world.

“That doesn’t mean that we have to spread hate,” Carter added. “It doesn’t mean that me and Jaxson hate each other or have beef. I sit next to Jaxson every day. Every team meeting we’re close, we talk. As long as we make sure we got the same goal as a team and our goals align — which they do — that’s all that matters. I just want to move past this, and that’s it.”

Dart and Carter showed plenty of respect for each other in what they said and did on Friday. The teammates embraced for the cameras in between their press conferences. Dart called Carter “my brother.”

Carter’s comment about Trump, however, was the only time anyone directly addressed the inflammatory issue that has engulfed John Harbaugh’s Giants.

Dart, 23, arrived with a piece of paper in his hand and said he knew there would be questions about “off the field topics” but asked the media to ask him only football questions after he delivered the prepared statement.

He never mentioned Trump’s name. He said he was “asked and given the opportunity to introduce the President of the United States,” and he did it because he loves the country, has extended family who have fought in wars and served in government and respects the office “regardless of political affiliation.”

“My intentions were just that,” he said.

He said he understands “in this world politics can be a sensitive matter” and that there is a “responsibility” that comes with being the quarterback of the Giants. He said he loves having relationships with everyone in the building, making sure to call out a beloved custodian named “Jose.”

And he said of the Giants’ locker room: “I love every single one of my brothers, my teammates on this team regardless of politics, religious beliefs, anything that may be different between us.”

There are tons of unanswered questions, though. It is not clear, for example, whether Dart believes he did anything wrong, whether he feels any contrition or even if he wouldn’t do it again.

Harbaugh, a known Trump supporter, was asked if Dart had made a mistake, and the coach said it was “nothing to be judged.”

Dart was asked if he understands why introducing this president is controversial and why a teammate would have a problem with it.

“I respect the question,” Dart said. “I understand the question, and my statement’s all that I have for you guys right now. And that’s where I’m at.”

So does Dart think he made a mistake?

“I just gave my statement,” he said. “So I asked we can all understand that. That’s where I’m at right now.”

Harbaugh said the Giants knew Dart was going to meet Trump beforehand.

“Yeah, we knew he was going to shake the president’s hand,” Harbaugh said. “Someone had said to me, ‘Hey, Jaxson’s gonna go meet the president. And I was like, ‘Great, good for him.' ”

The coach said “no,” he did not know Dart would be introducing Trump in such a public way. But he said “it doesn’t matter. I’m not worried about it. I’m not into all those details about it. It’s not something that concerns me.”

The coach tried to spin it all forward as a learning experience that the team can use to come closer together. He said the message is to have “respect for one another.” But the organization is managing this carefully and closely.

GM Joe Schoen spent an extended amount of time speaking with Dart on the field after practice before he met the media. Treasurer Jonathan Tisch and Harbaugh spoke at length on the grass before Harbaugh held his press conference.

The team did well to have Dart and Carter both address the media, which was not required based on the NFL’s offseason rules for player availability. There was a time limit put on the question periods, though, that left plenty unanswered for down the road.

Meanwhile, a Fox News report quoted Trump saying that Dart told the president “I love you, sir,” on stage last Friday.

Did Dart apologize to Carter when they spoke to hash out their public difference on Trump?

“Nah, I don’t want him to say he’s sorry,” Carter said. “Stand on what you believe in. But it can’t be a problem when I stand on what I believe in, and that’s all that matters to me. As long as we have that understanding, it’s all good.”

One of them stood on what they believed in on Friday. And it wasn’t Dart.

Olszewski goes down

Wide receiver and returner Gunner Olszewski went down with a non-contact injury on Friday that the Giants fear is a torn Achilles. He is the third Giants player to tear an Achilles tendon during the offseason along with undrafted rookie corner Thaddeus Dixon and veteran defensive tackle Roy Robertson-Harris … First-round pick Arvell Reese signed his rookie contract, meaning the entire 2026 draft class is now signed.