Despite rumors that Philadelphia Eagles would not attend the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl -victory, President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday he will expand the invitation.
The birds jumped into participating when they won back in 2018, but a club source told Outkick on Monday that the team would actually go this year. Trump confirmed the invitation while talking to journalists.
“They’ll be [invited]. We haven’t yet, but we’ll be, “said Trump.” I thought it was an amazing achievement of them. Absolutely, they will be expanded an Invitation. We do it right away, we do it for some time today. They deserve to be down here and we hope to see them. “
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Jalen Hurts, Nick Sirianni and Donald Trump (Imagn/AP Newsroom)
Trump, who was present for the game, predicted that Kansas City Chiefs would win the Super Bowl for the third straight time, but it was a Philadelphia -shot down from the jump; They won a 40-22 win over Kansas City to grab their dynasty.
The day after the Super Bowl, Veteran Offensive Lineman Lane Johnson said it would be a “team decision” to go. Johnson was part of the Super Bowl Lii team that got his invitation lifted by Trump when some players said they would not visit the White House because of Trump’s criticism of those who kneeled or raised their fist under National Anthem for To protest against racial injustice and police brutality.
Trump released a statement at the time of his invitation -nullering and said “The 1,000 fans planning to attend the event deserves better.”
“They disagree with their president because he insists that they proudly stand for National Anthem, Hand On Heart, in honor of the great men and women in our military and the people of our country,” Trump’s statement read seven years ago .
February 14, 2025; Philadelphia, Pa, USA; Philadelphia Eagles, (CAEAN COUTO PREPARED PICTURES)
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Florida Panthers recently visited the president to celebrate their Stanley Cup win last summer.
Neither Toronto Raptors nor Los Angeles LakersThe winners of the NBA final in 2019 and 2020, visited the White House under Trump’s first presidency to commemorate their titles, but Milwaukee Bucks made the trip to visit former President Joe Biden in November 2021.
The last championship team from the professionals to visit Trump in office during his first presidency was 2019 Washington NationalsFive days after their World Series win over Houston Astros. The pandemic made visits harder by 2020, and when the restrictions began to be lifted, Biden had joined.
Uconn -men and LSU -Kvinde’s team visited the bite last year. Bide was criticized for originally not inviting University of Georgia Football team last year. After they received an invitation, Bulldogs did not go. Nor did they make the trip the year before due to Covid-19 safety conditions.
February 9, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles Safety CJ Gardner-Johnson (8) celebrates after winning the Super Bowl Lix at Caesar’s Superdome. (GEOFF BURKE-FORIVED PICTURES)
Both Las Vegas Aces and Boston Celtics, the reigning WNBA and NBA champs, visited the bite before leaving the office. The previous NBA masters Denver Nuggets in particular canceled their visit last year with reference to their quest to earn # 1 seed in the Western Conference (they got the No. 2 seed after a draw).
