Eagles accept invite to visit the White House and President Trump

Gabriela Carroll and Julia Terruso, The Philadelphia Inquirer on Mar 10, 2025

Published in Football

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PHILADELPHIA — The White House said Monday that it formally extended an invitation to the Eagles to visit after winning Super Bowl LIX.

“We sent the invite, and they enthusiastically accepted,” a White House official told The Philadelphia Inquirer. “We are working with them to determine a date and logistics.”

A team spokesperson confirmed the franchise accepted an invitation to visit the White House and is currently working on scheduling a date and logistics.

The team did not visit the White House following the franchise’s Super Bowl LII win during Trump’s first term, after the invitation was revoked last-minute due to the small group of players who planned to attend.

The Eagles would be the second team to visit the White House during Trump’s second term, after the NHL’s Florida Panthers, who went in February. In recent days, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker and Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins individually visited the White House.

Trump had largely ignored the Eagles on social media — both after their NFC championship victory and for a full day after the Super Bowl, which he attended and left at halftime — perhaps because he had made it clear that he was rooting for the Chiefs.

Trump finally acknowledged the team on the conservative talk radio "Mark Levin Show," after Levin, who is from Philadelphia, asked for his opinion on the Birds.

“The Eagles were really, it was like flawless football, amazing,” Trump said. “Even the first play, they called it back. It was a long pass, it was, you know, either a touchdown or going to be a touchdown. They called it back, completed long pass, and they went on to get touchdown after touchdown. They really played great.”

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