Trump jokes he 'wanted to race' Saquon Barkley but elected to skip it
President Donald Trump spent his Sunday afternoon with Philadelphia Eagles star Saquon Barkley as he and his teammates were set to visit the White House Trump touched on his time with Barkley as he talked to reporters before he and Barkley traveled to Washington on Air Force One The two were seen stepping off Marine One before the president addressed reporters who were waiting along the tarmac CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM What a nice guy he is I sought 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 on Monday Barkley didn t talk to reporters but he was seen at Trump's Bedminster golf discipline hanging out with the president and others The running back s appearance with Trump came a meager days after Eagles teammate Jalen Hurts raised eyebrows when he was silent on a question about whether he would visit the White House with the company to celebrate their Super Bowl championship Appearing on the red carpet for the TIME gala in New York City on Thursday night Hurts was demanded whether he planned on visiting the White House for next week s official visit on Monday BEST NFL UNDRAFTED FREE AGENTS WHERE THE BIGGEST NAMES ARE SIGNING Um Hurts noted before looking around He never answered the question as the interviewer thanked him for his time A White House official validated to Fox News Digital in early March that an invitation from the president had been sent and that the crew 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decision not to attend the White House in after winning the franchise s first-ever Super Bowl During that time Trump rescinded the invitation to host the Eagles after several players declared they would not participate in the visit because of his previous criticisms of national anthem protests But this month Eagles band owner Jeffrey Lurie called it a time-honored tradition that the gang was looking forward to Fox News Paulina Dedaj contributed to this account Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
