The Philadelphia Eagles are going to the White House following their 2025 Super Bowl win.
On Monday, March 11, an official invitation was sent to the NFL champions, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The outlet reported that a White House official said, “We sent the invite, and they enthusiastically accepted.”
“We are working with them to determine a date and logistics,” the representative added, per the outlet. CNN and USA Today also confirmed the news.
The announcement came after several conflicting reports that the Eagles had already declined a visit to Donald Trump’s White House.
On Monday, Feb. 24, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the team had not been formally invited to celebrate their win at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, despite a story from The U.S. Sun on Feb. 6 stating that the Eagles had turned down the offer three days before the Super Bowl. Outkick.com founder Clay Travis and Front Office Sports reported the same soon after.
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“White House source: the Philadelphia Eagles have not rejected a White House invite,” Travis wrote on X. “The reports that have gone viral on social media are fake news. The White House has not even sent the official invite to the Eagles yet.”
However, it would not have been the first time the team didn’t make the trip to Washington, D.C.
In 2018, the Eagles became the first NFL to be disinvited to attend the decades-old tradition — which began in 1980 — of attending the White House to meet the sitting president after a Super Bowl win.
Much like their 2025 victory, Trump was in office at the time, but withdrew their invitation after learning that nearly all the players were planning on boycotting the visit.
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Ahead of Super Bowl LIX, the president shared his support for the Eagles’ opponents by congratulating the Chiefs on their AFC Championship win against the Buffalo Bills via his Truth Social platform.
“Congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs,” Trump wrote.
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“What a GREAT Team, Coach, Quarterback, and virtually everything else, including those fantastic FANS, that voted for me (MAGA!) in record numbers. Likewise, congratulations to the Buffalo Bills on a tremendous season. They will do a lot of winning long into the future!!!” he continued.
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For the big game on Feb. 9, Trump became the first United States president to attend a Super Bowl.
His daughter, Ivanka Trump, 43, and her son, Theodore James Kushner, 8, were seen with him in a VIP suite at Caesar’s Superdome for the annual sporting event.
“I think you know, no matter who the president is, I know I’m excited because it’s the biggest game of my life, you know, and having the president there — it’s the best country in the world — and that’s pretty cool,” Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said before the matchup.
The Eagles defeated the Chiefs, 40-22.
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