The Eagles have a date for their White House visit

Rob Tornoe, The Philadelphia Inquirer on Mar 11, 2025

Published in Football

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PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles will visit the White House on April 28 to celebrate their Super Bowl victory over the Kansas City Chiefs, press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed to reporters Tuesday.

President Donald Trump said on Feb. 25 he would invite the Eagles after false rumors had spread on social media about the White House not extending an invitation. Another false report leading up to the Super Bowl suggested the Birds would decline an invitation to meet with Trump, but that was debunked when the team indicated it would accept.

“We want to correct the record,” Leavitt said at the White House press briefing Tuesday, “We sent an invitation, they enthusiastically accepted, and you will see them here on April 28.”

There were questions about whether Trump would invite the Eagles to the White House after having uninvited them following their Super Bowl victory in 2018 when some players — including Malcolm Jenkins and Chris Long — said they wouldn’t attend.

At the time, Trump opposed players for protesting during the national anthem. The Eagles wanted to send a smaller group of players to the White House — which would’ve included Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles — but Trump declined, instead hosted a “Celebration of America” performance by the U.S. Marine Band and the U.S. Army Chorus.

Eagles All-Pro Lane Johnson, one of just four players remaining from squad that won in 2018, told reporters ahead of the Super Bowl they would vote as a team on whether they would accept an invitation to visit the White House.

“I’d be honored to go, regardless of who the president is, but we’ll see,” Johnson told Sportico. “It’s ultimately a team decision. I’ll do what’s best for the team.”

Trump became the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl, where he watched the Eagles blowout of the Chiefs during the first half before departing back to Washington, D.C. Trump snubbed the Eagles following their NFC championship victory against the Washington Commanders, but praised them for their Super Bowl performance.

“The Eagles were really, it was like flawless football, amazing,” Trump said during an interview with Philly native Mark Levin on his radio show last month. “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.”