After securing their massive 2025 Super Bowl win, the Philadelphia Eagles have officially accepted an invitation to visit the White House, according to reports from The Philadelphia Inquirer.
On Monday, March 11, the news was confirmed when a White House official told the outlet, “We sent the invite, and they enthusiastically accepted.”
The rep also added, “We are working with them to determine a date and logistics,” which means it’s a done deal, they just locking in the details now. Both CNN and USA Today co-signed the news, confirming what many fans had been speculating for weeks.
Clearing the Air: What Really Went Down with the Invite?
Before the Eagles even got the invite, some sources were already out here claiming they turned it down.
On February 24, The Philadelphia Inquirer cleared things up, reporting that no formal invite had even been sent yet. Meanwhile, The U.S. Sun was saying the Eagles had already declined the visit three days before the Super Bowl even went down. Sounds sus, right?
Outkick founder Clay Travis jumped in on X to shut all that down:
“White House source: the Philadelphia Eagles have not rejected a White House invite. 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.”
So basically, the rumors were just noise. The Eagles kept it cool, waited for the official word, and now they’re showing up.
This Ain’t Their First White House Drama—Let’s Not Forget 2018
If this all feels a little familiar, that’s because it is. Back in 2018, the Eagles were supposed to hit up the White House after their Super Bowl win—but that visit never happened. And guess who was in office then too? Yup, Donald Trump.
Only difference? That time around, the team got straight-up disinvited.
Trump pulled the plug on the visit after hearing most of the players planned to boycott. It was a whole thing, and it made headlines for days. The Eagles became the first NFL team to be disinvited from what’s been a decades-old tradition since 1980.
Now fast forward to 2025—same president, same kind of buzz, but this time, the energy’s different. They’re actually going.
Trump’s Thoughts Before the Big Game
Even before the Eagles took the championship, Trump was already picking sides. Just ahead of Super Bowl LIX, he jumped on his Truth Social account to show love to the opposing squad.
“Congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs,” Trump wrote. “What a GREAT Team, Coach, Quarterback, and virtually everything else, including those fantastic FANS, that voted for me (MAGA!) in record numbers.”
He even gave props to the Buffalo Bills, saying, “They will do a lot of winning long into the future!!!”
