After months of speculation, the Philadelphia Eagles finally visited the White House to meet Donald Trump on Monday afternoon – even without some of their biggest stars.
But despite the curious programming conflict of the quarter-Arrière Jalen Hurts, Trump took the high road with the MVP of the Super Bowl after spanning the Eagles who run the Ballon Saquon Barkley.
“The complement of the historic Saquon season was an incredible year for a star quarter of Jalen Hurts,” Trump told the crowd at the White House on Monday. “He really played, he had an excellent season and an excellent match. Completed with 32 affected over the year, achieving a stellar performance after another, a great guy.
Most of the list of Eagles has traveled 1600 Pennsylvania avenue to grill his victory for the Super Bowl Lix on the Chiefs of Kansas City, despite a certain number of eminent players, including injuries, the side of the invitation.
The trip to the national capital is traditional for all the American sports teams who won their respective championships, but there had been a doubt that the NFL franchise would attend.
The team did not visit Washington to celebrate the victory at the Super Bowl LII in 2018. Trump – then during his first mandate, canceled the event after he appeared that only a handful of players planned to attend. This came in the middle of his war with the NFL on demonstrations during the national anthem.
Trump welcomed the Super Bowl-Champion Philadelphia in the White House on Monday
Trump’s ball carrier and Philadelphia Eagles, Saquon Barkley, shakes hands in the White House
The quarter of the Eagles of Philadelphia, Jalen Hurts, did not attend the team’s trip to the White House
The Eagles finally accepted the offer after being extended by the White House, but the owner Jeffrey Lurie had insisted that each player would have the choice to participate or not: “Our culture is that these are optional things”.
Lurie, a well -known supporter of the failed presidential offer of Hillary Clinton in 2016, is in fact the neighbor of Trump in Palm Beach. But despite the political trends in Lurie, Trump again hit the road on Monday.
“It’s my neighbors, right?” Trump asked. “And he’s a good neighbor.
And some of the biggest names in the team took Lurie in freedom of choice with Hurts leading the peloton.
It appeared earlier on Monday that the quarter-Arrière would not celebrate his superb MVP alongside his teammates at the White House when he had chosen to jump the customary audience with the president.
Missing players are absent due to “planning conflicts”, according to Yamiche Alcindor from NBC News.
Trump released the Eagles Head of Security Dom Disandro as a supporter during the ceremony
Trump is in a private word with Jeffrey Lurie, the team owner and resident colleague from Palm Beach
Ivanka Trump walks with two of her daughter and two sons before President Donald Trump welcomes the champion of Super Bowl Philadelphia Eagles in the White House
Trump made a great demonstration of congratulations to the security of Rosel Blankenship for a clutch interception
Last week, the appellant of the signal had suggested that he could skip the visit of the national capital when he was asked if he planned to go to the White House during an interview with Time.
“Ermmmm,” said Super Bowl MVP, who recently revealed that he had made the knot with his wife Bry Burrows, before remaining silent, which caused a brutal and clumsy end to the interview.
However, there are no question points on the teammate of the Hurts superstar, Saquon Barkley. The ball carrier is practically nailed to be present after putting themselves up to the president during the weekend.
Barkley was seen alongside Trump in his Trump National Golf Club of Bedminster, New Jersey on weekends and traveled with the president on Marine One.
Inevitably, Trump’s ardent criticisms quickly stacked Barkley while spending time with the most powerful man in the country and Monday morning, the hero of the Eagles was enough.
The star of the Eagles of Philadelphia, Saquon Barkley, spent time with Donald Trump during the weekend
The Quarterrière led the Eagles of Philadelphia to the victory at the Super Bowl Lix in New Orleans
`LOL some people are really upset because I played golf and I took the plane to the White House with the president, ” wrote Barkley on X.
“Maybe I respect the office, not a concept that is difficult to understand. There is no golf with Obama not so long ago … and I can’t wait to finish my round with Trump!
“Now you go out my mentions with all this policy and have an incredible day.”
Head coach Nick Sirianni also insisted that he was “excited” to go to DC, describing the visit as an “honor”.
“The teams that have been able to win championships have been doing it for a long time, and I am really honored to go and really excited to go,” he said.
