Eagles' Saquon Barkley slams critics after hanging out with Trump

Philadelphia Eagles star Saquon Barkley slammed those who criticized him for hanging out with President Donald Trump ahead of the group s visit to the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl win Barkley was spotted at Trump s golf curriculum in Bedminster New Jersey and then flew back to Washington on Air Force One with the president CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM lol various people are really upset cause I played golfed and flew to the White House with the PRESIDENT Barkley tweeted on Monday Maybe I just respect the office not a hard concept to understand Just golfed with Obama not too long ago and look forward to finishing my round with Trump Now ya get out my mentions with all this politics and have amazing day Trump had glowing praise of Barkley as he talked to reporters before he headed back to D C What a nice guy he is I longed to race him but I decided not to do it the president noted Barkley is going to be among the Eagles players and personnel who will celebrate their Super Bowl title win at the White House later Monday SUPER BOWL CHAMP GIVES REASON WHY SHEDEUR SANDERS FELL TO TH ROUND OF NFL DRAFTA White House official proven to Fox News Digital in early March that an invitation from the president had been sent and that the association had enthusiastically accepted This followed the Eagles' decision not to attend the White House in after winning the franchise s first-ever Super Bowl During that time Trump rescinded the invitation to host the Eagles after several players announced they would not participate in the visit because of his previous criticisms of national anthem protests But this month Eagles company owner Jeffrey Lurie called it a time-honored tradition that the crew was looking forward to Fox News Paulina Dedaj contributed to this analysis Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter