Despite rumors that the Philadelphia Eagles would not attend the White House to celebrate their recent Super Bowl LIX victory, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will extend the invite.
The Birds skipped out on attending when they won in 2018, but a club source told OutKick on Monday that the team would in fact go this year. Trump confirmed the invite while talking with reporters.
“They will be [invited]. We haven’t yet, but we will be,” Trump said. “I thought it was a great performance by them. Absolutely, they’ll be extended an invitation. We’ll do it right away, we’ll do it some time today. They deserve to be down here, and we hope to see them.”
Trump, in attendance for the game, predicted that the Kansas City Chiefs would win the Super Bowl for the third straight time, but instead it was a Philadelphia beatdown from the jump, earning a 40-22 victory over Kansas City to put a hold on their dynasty.
The day after the Super Bowl, veteran offensive lineman Lane Johnson said it would be a “team decision” to go. Johnson was a part of the Super Bowl LII team that had its invitation rescinded