Eagles' White House visit with President Trump has date set

A day has officially been acceptable for the Philadelphia Eagles' White House sojourn with President Donald Trump to observe their Super Bowl triumph past month.

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday the squad volition marque its sojourn April 28. 

Leavitt besides took a jab astatine reports astir whether an invitation would beryllium sent aft what occurred successful 2018.

As the 45th president of the United States astatine the time, Trump rescinded his invitation to the Eagles aft their Super Bowl triumph implicit the Patriots aft immoderate players said they wouldn’t attend.

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Philadelphia Eagles backmost Jalen Hurts, left, and Philadelphia Eagles caput manager Nick Sirianni observe with the Vince Lombardi Trophy aft defeating the Kansas City Chiefs successful the Super Bowl astatine Ceasars Superdome Feb. 9, 2025, successful New Orleans.  (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)

This clip around, Trump acknowledged helium wanted to get the Eagles to the nation’s superior to celebrate, and that’s precisely what volition happen.

"I cognize determination was a batch of fake quality astir an invitation that wasn’t sent oregon was sent. We privation to close the record: We sent an invitation. They enthusiastically accepted, and you volition spot them present connected April 28," Leavitt said during her regular White House briefing Tuesday.

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Trump was contiguous astatine the Caesars Superdome successful New Orleans Feb. 9 to ticker the Eagles predominate the Kansas City Chiefs, 40-22. He besides noted past period helium wanted the Eagles to sojourn the White House. 

"We haven’t yet, but we volition be," Trump said astir sending an invitation. "I thought it was a large show by them. Absolutely, they'll beryllium extended an invitation. We'll bash it close away. We'll bash it immoderate clip today. They merit to beryllium down here, and we anticipation to spot them."

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Eagles skipper Lane Johnson said a White House sojourn would beryllium a "team decision" aft they won the Super Bowl. 

Johnson, who has spent each 12 of his NFL seasons with the franchise, was connected the squad erstwhile it won the organization’s first-ever Vince Lombardi Trophy successful 2018, defeating the New England Patriots. 

However, contention ensued that twelvemonth erstwhile Trump rescinded his invitation to the Eagles aft immoderate players said they wouldn’t sojourn the White House owed to the 45th president’s disapproval of those who knelt oregon raised their fists during the nationalist anthem to protestation radical injustice and constabulary brutality. 

Trump released a connection astatine the clip astir canceling his invitation, saying that "the 1,000 fans readying to be the lawsuit merit better."

The Philadelphia Eagles person a day to conscionable with President Trump astatine the White House to observe their Super Bowl victory. (Imagn)

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"They disagree with their President due to the fact that helium insists that they proudly basal for the National Anthem, manus connected heart, successful grant of the large men and women of our subject and the radical of our country," Trump’s connection 7 years agone said.

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