President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he will extend the invitation despite rumors that the Philadelphia Eagles will not be attending the White House to celebrate their recent Super Bowl LIX victory.
Bird skipped attendance when he won in 2018, but a club source told an outkick on Monday that the team would actually go this year. Trump confirmed the invitation while talking to reporters.
“They’re (invited) and we’re not yet, but we’re going to,” Trump said. “I thought it was their great performance. Absolutely, they’ll be extended the invitation. We’ll do it soon, we’ll do it today. They’ll do it here They deserve to be in and we want to see them.
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Jalen Hart, Nick Silianni and Donald Trump (Imaging | AP Newsroom)
Trump attended the game and predicted that the Kansas City Chiefs would win the Super Bowl three times in a row, but instead was a Philadelphia beatdown from the jump, bringing Kansas City to a 40-22 win. Their dynasty.
The day after the Super Bowl, veteran offensive lineman Lane Johnson said it would be a “team decision.” Johnson refused to visit the White House due to Trump’s criticism of those who kneeled and raised their fists during the national anthem in protest of racial injustice and police brutality , was part of the Super Bowl LII team invited by Trump. .
Trump issued a statement at the time about cancelling his invitation, saying “it’s more valuable to the 1,000 fans planning on attending the event.”
“They oppose the President because he salutes the great men and women of our military and the people of our country, claiming that they have their national anthem, their hands in mind. That’s because,” Trump’s statement read seven years ago.
The Eagles, who run through Saquon Barkley, will be holding the Lombardi Trophy during the Super Bowl Lix Championship Parade and Rally in Philadelphia on February 14th, 2025. (Caean Couto-Imagn image)
The Falcons head coach expresses his dislike of the Eagles’ tash push: “It should have been illegal three years ago.”
The Florida Panthers recently visited the president last summer to celebrate their Stanley Cup victory.
Neither the Toronto Raptors nor the Los Angeles Lakers were the winners of the 2019 and 2020 NBA Finals, respectively, and did not visit the White House to commemorate the title during Trump’s first presidency, but the Milwaukee Bucks now I travelled to visit President Joe Biden. November 2021.
The final championship team from the pros to visit Trump, who was inaugurated during his first presidency, was the Washington Nation in 2019 five days after the World Series victory over the Houston Astros. The pandemic made visits tougher in 2020, and by the time restrictions were lifted, Biden was in office.
The UConn Men’s and the LSU women’s team visited Biden last year. Biden was originally criticized for not inviting the University of Georgia football team last year. After receiving the invitation, the Bulldogs did not go. They also did not travel the previous year due to Covid-19 safety precautions.
Philadelphia Eagles Safety CJ Gardner Johnson celebrates after winning the Super Bowl LIX on February 9, 2025 in New Orleans. (Geoff Burke-Imagn image)
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Both the Las Vegas ace and the Boston Celtics were WNBA and NBA champions, respectively, and visited Biden before taking office. The Denver Nuggets, the former NBA champion, specifically cancelled their visit last year and cited their quest to win the No. 1 seed at the Western Conference (they won the second seed after the tiebreaker) .
Fox News’ Scott Thompson contributed to this report.
