President Donald Trump said the Philadelphia Eagles “deserve” to come to the White House and announced that an invite would be extended to the Super Bowl-winning team.
Speaking to members of the press from the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump was asked whether the Eagles would be extended an invitation to come to the White House and celebrate their victory against the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX.
“They will be, we haven’t yet, but we will be,” Trump said. “I thought it was a great performance by them. Absolutely, they’ll be extended that invitation.”
The president then called on one of the members of his team to “do that right away.”
“We’re going to do it sometime today,” Trump said. “And they deserve to be down here. And we hope to see them.”
On Monday, ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter went viral when he shut down rumors and reports floating around on social media all weekend claiming the Eagles had declined an invite to attend a ceremony at the White House from Trump.
President Trump says he will officially be inviting the #Eagles to the White House today. “I thought it was a great performance.. They will absolutely be invited. They deserve to be down here, and we hope to see them.” pic.twitter.com/2k8OlPFV32
— Eagles Nation (@PHLEaglesNation) February 25, 2025
“To those wondering: Eagles sources say the team is planning on visiting the White House this off-season and looks forward to receiving its invitation,” Schefter posted on X, making it clear an invitation hadn’t even gone out yet.
The first report surfaced about the rumor with a headline in the Sun that read, “SUPER SNUB Philadelphia Eagles make major decision over White House invitation post Super Bowl win following past Donald Trump snub.”
The article was then shared by the account called Philadelphia Eagles Nation with a post that read, “According to ‘a well-placed insider,’ discussions between #Eagles players and their front office resulted in a ‘massive no’ when asked if they would accept an invitation to the White House to honor their Super Bowl Victory, per @TheSun.”
The account later shared that the Sun report was “untrue,” according to Schefter, and shared another post from NFL insider Ian Rapoport that said, “The #Eagles would be honored to visit The White House, team sources say after conversations today. It’s one of the aspects of winning they are excited about and look forward to receiving the invitation.”
That same Eagles account on X later shared another post from Dave Zangaro of NBCSPhilly that read, “The Eagles are planning to visit the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl LIX victory this offseason if invited, a source confirms. The Eagles did not visit after winning Super Bowl LII; that invitation was technically rescinded the night before.”
In 2018, the Eagles beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII and did not make the trip to the White House due to Trump’s stance that players should stand for the national anthem.
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