Trump plans the invitation of the White House for Philadelphia Eagles

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A day after reports have appeared that the Philadelphia Eagles would take an invite to the White House, President Donald Trump said that they might be in contact.

Asked on Tuesday at a Press Conference of the White House, whether the Super Bowl Champions will likely be offered a likelihood to participate in a convention in recent many years, Trump replied: “You will likely be [invited]. We don't have it yet, but we'll be. “

“I thought it was a great performance of them,” said Trump concerning the two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs, the 40-22 Super Bowl victory of the Eagles. “You are absolutely expanded this invitation. … they should be down here and we hope to see them. “

The Eagles planned to go to the White House after they were invited, a one that was acquainted with the situation, the Washington Post announced on Monday. ESPN and NFL Network also reported that the Eagles would visit.

While Trump's first term after the 2017 season, after Philadelphia won the Super Bowl Lii, many players said that they might not visit the White House because NFL players who had taken a knee through the national anthem or raised a fist to boost awareness of social injustice and racial inequality.

Less than 24 hours before the planned visit this yr, Trump canceled the invitation and said that he would only appear with the fans of the team and the US Marine Band and the Army Choir and added that the hymn could be played. “You do not agree with your president because he insists that you proudly stand for the national anthem, hand on heart, in honor of the great men and women of our military and the people of our country,” said Trump in a press release on the time.

Trump also raised an invite that had been prolonged to the NBA Champion Golden State Warriors in autumn 2017.

In the primary hours after winning Super Bowl Lix, Philadelphia Offensive Lineman Lane Johnson said that it will be a “team decision” whether the Eagles would have fun with a visit to the White House. “It would be honored to go, regardless of who the president is,” he said, “but we will see. It is ultimately a team decision. I will do what is best for the team. “

The defensive at the top of Josh Sweat repeated Johnson and demanded the opportunity of a visit “a great honor” and added: “I look forward to doing this [championship] Parade more than anything. “

Before the sport, the Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie was disenchanted when he was asked about the opportunity of a visit to the White House and only said: “I only want to win on Sunday.” In 2017, Lurie was in the midst of the player demonstrations that Trump's public anger triggered [expletive] Catastrophic presidency. “

Johnson is one in every of only 4 eagles within the team of last season, who were also within the 2017 squad, along with Kicker Jake Elliott, the defensive end Brandon Graham and Long Snapper Rick Lovato. Johnson and colleague Jordan Mailata visited President Joe Biden within the White House over the vacations in 2023 for a project through which First Lady Jill Biden, an Eagles fan, was involved.

During Trump's first term, the New England Patriots followed their Super Bowl victory in February 2017 with a visit to the White House, albeit without Star -Quarterback Tom Brady. After the Eagles had been canceled the next yr, the patriots won again in 2019, but weren’t visited, even though it was presented as a planning problem for either side and never as more political. A possible visit in 2020 by the Champion Chiefs was sunk by Coronavirus pandemic.

This month, Trump was the primary seating president to participate within the Super Bowl, who was staged in New Orleans. In an interview with Fox News before the sport, he predicted a victory in Kansas City by complementing the chief quartersback Patrick Mahomes and praising Mahomes' wife Brittany as a “Maga fan”.

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Mark Mask has contributed to this report.