PHILADELPHIA EAGLES WILL VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY. YESTERDAY, ALL PRO RUNNING BACK SAQUON BARKLEY WAS PICTURED SITTING NEXT TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT A GOLF COURSE IN NEW JERSEY. NOW, THE PRESIDENT HAD KIND WORDS FOR BARKLEY AFTER FLYING WITH HIM ON MARINE ONE. TAKE A LISTEN. WHAT A NICE GUY HE IS. I WANTED TO RACE HIM, BUT I DECIDED NOT TO DO IT. WELL, THE EAGLES DID NOT VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE WHEN THEY WON THE SUPER BOWL IN 2018. WHILE TRUMP WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, THE FIRST TIME THE TEAM IS HEADED TO D.C. THIS TIME AFTER BEATING THE KANSA

Philadelphia Eagles visiting White House

President Trump is welcoming the Super Bowl champions this afternoon

The Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles will celebrate on the White House lawn this afternoon. President Donald Trump invited the team to the White House after their Super Bowl 59 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in February.The event is scheduled for 4 p.m.There were questions about whether the team would go this year. The organization was uninvited by the Trump administration when they won their first Super Bowl back in 2018. At the time, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported many players had chosen not to go because of an ongoing controversy between NFL players and the administration over standing for the national anthem before games. It was rumored that fewer than five players would attend when the president canceled the event. Yesterday, Trump was pictured at a New Jersey golf course with all-pro running back Saquon Barkley. The two traveled together on Marine One with the president joking to reporters that he wanted to race the former Penn State star.

WASHINGTON —

The Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles will celebrate on the White House lawn this afternoon. President Donald Trump invited the team to the White House after their Super Bowl 59 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in February.

The event is scheduled for 4 p.m.

There were questions about whether the team would go this year. The organization was uninvited by the Trump administration when they won their first Super Bowl back in 2018. At the time, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported many players had chosen not to go because of an ongoing controversy between NFL players and the administration over standing for the national anthem before games. It was rumored that fewer than five players would attend when the president canceled the event.

Yesterday, Trump was pictured at a New Jersey golf course with all-pro running back Saquon Barkley. The two traveled together on Marine One with the president joking to reporters that he wanted to race the former Penn State star.