# Trump bans Eagles from Super Bowl invite to White house **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 5, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439 "2018-06-05T00:13:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/61 "2018-06-05T15:42:33Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > I think that the thread title is unnecessarily, intentionally inflammatory. Trump is also unnecessarily, intentionally inflammatory. What’s the problem? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/62 "2018-06-05T15:51:29Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > I think that the thread title is unnecessarily, intentionally inflammatory. Sure sounds like you’d rather deflect than actually discuss the topic at hand. Maybe you’re sincere, but it comes across as a pathetic attempt to deflect. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/63 "2018-06-05T15:53:22Z")
Fox news showed pictures of Eagles footballmen kneeling during their report on this. The only problem with this was that they showed images of the players kneeling in prayer and not during the national anthem. Ooops. > **[Fox News Shows Eagles Players Praying, Falsely Implies They Were Protesting...](https://deadspin.com/fox-news-shows-eagles-players-praying-falsely-implies-1826564582)** > > Picking on Fox News is the easiest thing in the universe. So let’s do it, shall we? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/64 "2018-06-05T15:59:29Z")
I re-posted your post in the Fox News thread in GD. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/65 "2018-06-05T15:59:14Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > The other invitees are going to come and…listen to the national anthem or something? And [“other wonderful music celebrating our Country”](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1003956743133650944). I imagine it will become a fairly standard campaign rally and that a fair number of attendees will be last-minute replacements who need to be provided with Eagles colors but not MAGA caps. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/66 "2018-06-05T16:18:21Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > But but Eagles are like, the American symbol! > > Doesn’t Trump like Eagles? > > Why does Trump hate America? Well, Eagles don’t like him - [https://www.boredpanda.com/bald-eagle-attacks-trump-photo-shoot-time-magazine/](https://www.boredpanda.com/bald-eagle-attacks-trump-photo-shoot-time-magazine/) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/67 "2018-06-05T16:34:02Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > he’s going to invite a local team , the Washington Generals. They have lots of free time now, they no longer play the Globetrotters every night. Aren’t they all members of congress now? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/68 "2018-06-05T16:42:50Z")
As expected, redneck mouth-breathers are lining up to defend Trump. I heard one declare, “It’s a great honor to be invited to the White House!” Yeah, for _you_ it would be. You sound like Boss Hogg. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/69 "2018-06-05T17:15:52Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > If you were to have a disagreement with your sister, and she disinvited you from Thanksgiving Dinner, would you consider yourself banned? I’d consider myself blessed, my sister can’t cook for shit. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/70 "2018-06-05T17:39:25Z")
LeBron James on Donald Trump disinviting the Eagles: “I know whoever wins this series, no one wants an invite.” Stephen Curry says “I agree with ‘Bron.” > > > Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/71 "2018-06-05T19:23:14Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > As expected, redneck mouth-breathers are lining up to defend Trump. I heard one declare, “It’s a great honor to be invited to the White House!” > > Yeah, for _you_ it would be. You sound like Boss Hogg. No, it’s a great honor to win the superbowl. And the president has the honor of greeting the super bowl winning players. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/72 "2018-06-05T19:47:54Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > So I can’t ban my ex-wife from coming into my house, and this board can’t ban spammers? > > Care to rethink this one? There is presumably a possibility that your ex-wife might show up at your house uninvited unless she was specifically prohibited from doing so. Therefore she would need to be banned. Is there a specific prohibition against me personally, with my name and photo attached, stopping me from showing up at White House parties? Or am I just not invited? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/73 "2018-06-05T20:08:02Z")
Not many people realize how crucially important these semantic distinctions are. Until that’s all they got. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/74 "2018-06-05T20:31:46Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Not many people realize how crucially important these semantic distinctions are. Until that’s all they got. It ain’t easy defending Cheesy. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/75 "2018-06-05T23:05:42Z")
So it ended up being a ten minute invite where one guy kneeled, another guy heckled Trump, and then Trump [pretended to know the words to God Bless America](https://screengrabber.deadspin.com/trump-unable-to-remember-words-to-god-bless-america-a-1826578677) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/76 "2018-06-05T23:05:46Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > I think that the thread title is unnecessarily, intentionally inflammatory. No, but we can imagine one that would be “Fucking asshole Trump bans black players from White House” Then you’d have a point. (Perhaps) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/77 "2018-06-05T23:12:27Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > LeBron James on Donald Trump disinviting the Eagles: “I know whoever wins this series, no one wants an invite.” > > Stephen Curry says “I agree with ‘Bron.” > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/1004050413530673152) That’s fuckin beautiful. Trump’s just gonna have to wait and proudly host the next NASCAR champion. (Or the next baseball champions, the spineless jerks.) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/78 "2018-06-05T23:13:41Z")
Forgot hockey. No way those knuckleheads would refuse. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/79 "2018-06-05T23:30:23Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Forgot hockey. No way those knuckleheads would refuse. On the other hand, most of them aren’t Americans. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-eagles-from-super-bowl-invite-to-white-house/815439/80 "2018-06-05T23:38:36Z")
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