President Trump and Saquon Barkley spent Sunday together. (Dov Kleinman)
Saquon Barkley took to X Monday morning to respond to critics of him spending Sunday golfing with President Trump ahead of Monday's visit by the Eagles to the White House to celebrate the Eagles' Super Bowl title:
Saquon Barkley responds to his golf outing with President Trump. pic.twitter.com/A78XzpIcPR
— On Pattison (@OnPattison) April 28, 2025
Barkley and Trump spent Sunday together:
Saquon Barkley with Donald Trump ahead of the Eagles visit to the White House tomorrow
(Pic via @NFL_DovKleiman) pic.twitter.com/liJBdCkjpQ
— Eliot Shorr-Parks (@EliotShorrParks) April 27, 2025
President Trump exits his helicopter and walks with Saquon Barkley.
pic.twitter.com/iKUvgtX1BL
Per White House Pool Report:
“POTUS started by talking about how great Saquon Barkley is. The two walked off Marine One together. Barkley boarded AF1 while POTUS gaggled:
"I wanted to race him, but I decided not to do," Trump joked.”
John Clark of NBC Sports Philadelphia reported back in October that Barkley, Jalen Hurts and Jeffrey Lurie did golf with former President Obama, as the running back noted:
Jalen Hurts says he did not actually golf yesterday with former President Obama, Saquon Barkley, and Jeff Lurie. Jalen hung with the group the whole time. He says it’s in his contract that he can’t golf.
Saquon says it was one of the coolest experiences of his life pic.twitter.com/OJGFpG3wKQ
Hurts declined to say last week when asked at a TIME red-carpet event whether he plans to attend the White House Monday or not:
Will Jalen Hurts visit the White House next week? pic.twitter.com/a82rZwnK0a
Lurie has said that attendance for Monday's celebration isn't mandatory.
“Our culture is that these are optional things,” Lurie said earlier this month. “If you want to enjoy this, come along and we’ll have a great time and if you don’t, it is totally an optional thing.”
