Chiefs owner 'honored' that Trump invited Super Bowl team that couldn't attend White House due to COVID

President Donald Trump whitethorn person predicted that it'd beryllium the Kansas City Chiefs to commemorate a Super Bowl rubric astatine the White House this twelvemonth – and helium whitethorn beryllium close aft all.

The Chiefs were incapable to marque bully connected Trump's Super Bowl LIX pick, falling abbreviated of their quest to threepeat with a 40-22 nonaccomplishment to the Philadelphia Eagles. It volition beryllium the Birds that volition sojourn Trump aboriginal this period to observe their triumph successful February.

However, Trump said precocious past period that members of the Super Bowl LIV title team, which kickstarted the existent Chiefs dynasty, volition yet marque the travel to Washington, D.C., "because they missed their crook due to the fact that of COVID." 

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Kansas City Chiefs proprietor Clark Hunt and woman Tavia Hunt during the solemnisation of the Kansas City Chiefs winning Super Bowl LVIII. (Kirby Lee-USA Today Sports)

The Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers successful the game, which was played astatine Hard Rock Stadium successful Miami Gardens, Florida, successful February 2020. A period later, the sports satellite was unopen down arsenic COVID-19 dispersed crossed the globe.

It's not wide whether Trump and the Chiefs person spoken, but squad proprietor Clark Hunt got upwind of the quality and did not instrumentality it for granted.

Chiefs proprietor Clark Hunt hoists the Vince Lombardi Trophy during the Super Bowl parade connected Feb. 5, 2020, successful Kansas City, Missouri. (Kyle Rivas/Getty Images)

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"We’re precise honored that the president would deliberation astir us, going backmost to the 2019 season, erstwhile we didn’t get to spell to the White House," Hunt said astatine the NFL owners’ meetings this week. "We surely would similar to effort to fig retired however to marque that happen."

The Chiefs visited Joe Biden successful some of their Super Bowl victories during his presidency, 1 of which came against the Eagles, and the different against the Niners.

Chiefs proprietor Clark Hunt speaks with caput manager Andy Reid earlier the crippled against the Tennessee Titans astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Nov. 6, 2022, successful Kansas City, Missouri. (David Eulitt/Getty Images)

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The Florida Panthers visited Trump earlier this twelvemonth to commemorate their Stanley Cup triumph past summer, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, the reigning World Series winners, volition wage a sojourn to the White House adjacent Sunday.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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