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Philadelphia Eagles, who ran back AJ Dillon, attended an October -rally in Wisconsin for Donald Trump when Trump was the Republican nominees for president.
Dillon, with Green Bay Packers at the time, received a special closure from Trump describing Dillon as a “Green Bay Football Phenom.”
“You may know that name Quadzilla, the Quad -Far – Aj Dillon. I got to meet him behind the stage. Stay healthy, get healthy,” Trump told Dillon, who missed the 2024 season with a neck injury.
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Green Bay Packers, who runs back AJ Dillon, to the right, takes a selfie with a fan before a campaign match for Republican presidential -nominated Donald Trump October 30, 2024, at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon, WIS. (Tork Mason/USA Today Network-Wisconsin)
Dillon reflected on the “cool experience” in a recent conversation with Pakinomist Digital.
“It was cool. I had never met a president before. Cool experience. I’ve never once met Brett Favre before that,” Dillon said. “It was a cool experience. If you are called by a president no matter who you voted for, whatever it may be, it’s just a cool experience in itself.
“Glad to have been there, been able to meet him, take pictures, things like that. I had never been in a rally and got the full experience, but definitely cool, certainly.”
Philadelphia Eagles, which runs back AJ Dillon, runs an exercise during the exercise June 3, 2025 at the Novacare complex in Philadelphia. (Terence Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Dillon’s comments repeated them from the new teammate Saquon Barkley. Barkley played a round of golf with Trump in April, shortly before Eagles visited Trump in the White House and took those who were disappointed with him.
“Lol some people are really disturbed because I played golf and flew to the White House with the president,” posted Barkley to X shortly after the round. “Maybe I’m just respecting the office, not a tough concept to understand. Just golf with Obama not too long ago … and looks forward to ending my round with Trump! Now you have to get out of my mentions with all this policy and have a great day.”
Philadelphia Eagles, which runs back AJ Dillon warms up on the Novacare complex. (KYLE ROSS/IMAGN -PICTURES)
Hulk Hogan and Danica Patrick also participated in the October -Rally in Wisconsin, one of the seven swing states that Trump had won to become president a second time. Hall of Fame -quarterback and Packers legend Brett Favre spoke at the rally, comparing Trump to his former team as a “winner.”
