WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Philadelphia Eagles will celebrate their Super Bowl win over the Kansas City Chiefs with President Donald Trump on Monday afternoon.

The Eagles will visit the White House at 4 p.m. EST for an event on the South Lawn, with star running back Saquon Barkley getting a jump on the festivities with Trump.

Barkley was spotted Sunday at the president’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, before traveling on Marine One with Trump.

Trump told reporters that Barkley is a “nice guy” and that he “wanted to race him.” According to a White House pool report, Trump and Barkley took photos with a child in the Rose Garden Sunday night before walking into the Oval Office.

Ahead of Monday’s visit, Barkley took to X after people on social media expressed frustration over his visit with Trump.

lol some people are really upset cause I played golfed and flew to the White House with the PRESIDENT. Maybe I just respect the office, not a hard concept to understand. Just golfed with Obama not too long agoand look forward to finishing my round with Trump ! Now ya get out my mentions with all this politics and have amazing day,” Barkley wrote.

Quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts was recently asked if he would travel with the team to the White House visit. At last week’s Time 100 gala, Hurts dodged the question, leaving fans speculating if he would attend.

Rumors had previously swirled online about whether or not the Eagles would go to the White House, but Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said going to the White House was “an obvious choice” and optional for players.

This isn’t the first time an Eagles visit prompted a political debate.

In 2018, after the Eagles won their first Super Bowl, the team did not travel to the White House. Trump canceled the visit a day before, saying some on the team “disagree with their president” over standing for the national anthem.