Philadelphia Eagles operating again Saquon Barkley was noticed with President Donald Trump at his golf course in New Jersey on Sunday, a day earlier than the workforce visits the White Home.
A photograph that made the rounds on social media confirmed Barkley sitting to Trump’s left.
There have been at the least a dozen “Make America Great Again” hats sitting on the desk instantly in entrance of the Tremendous Bowl champion NFL star and the president.
He flew again to Washington with Trump.
Barkley’s look with Trump got here a number of days after Jalen Hurts raised eyebrows when he was silent on a query about whether or not he would go to the White Home with the workforce to rejoice their Tremendous Bowl championship.
Showing on the purple carpet for the 2025 TIME100 gala in New York Metropolis on Thursday night time, Hurts was requested whether or not he deliberate on visiting the White Home for subsequent week’s official go to on Monday.
“Um,” Hurts mentioned earlier than trying round. He by no means answered the query because the interviewer thanked him for his time.
A White Home official confirmed to Fox Information Digital in early March that an invite from the president had been despatched and that the workforce had “enthusiastically accepted.”
This adopted the Eagles’ determination to not attend the White Home in 2018 after successful the franchise’s first-ever Tremendous Bowl.
Throughout that point, Trump rescinded the invitation to host the Eagles after a number of gamers mentioned they’d not take part within the go to due to his earlier criticisms of nationwide anthem protests.
However this month, Eagles workforce proprietor Jeffrey Lurie referred to as it “a time-honored tradition” that the workforce was trying ahead to.
Hurts didn’t precisely have a glowing assertion on Trump’s determination to go to New Orleans for Tremendous Bowl LIX.
In the meantime, Barkley was on the J.P. Morgan Tech 100 Summit this month, which Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, attended with husband Jared Kushner, their son, Theodore, and Jared’s brother, Joshua.
“Had an amazing time at the J.P. Morgan tech 100 summit! Want to give a shoutout to Madhu for having me out. Want to also give a shoutout to everyone who made it amazing,” Barkley posted on X on the time.
Fox Information’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.
