Donald Trump's latest distraction is inviting the 2020 Chiefs to the White House
A pandemic derailed the Kansas City Chiefs' ability to celebrate their 2020 Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers at the White House. Five years later, President Donald Trump is giving them the opportunity to visit the nation's capital.
The latest effort in Trump's campaign to be president of sports -- after attending Super Bowl 59, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships and numerous UFC events in the recent past -- is an invitation for the team he gave an (unsuccessful) pregame endorsement at this year's big game to visit him to celebrate their world title five years later. While this invite isn't yet official, it will reportedly take place after the Philadelphia Eagles celebrate their much more relevant Super Bowl win on April 28.
Is this a good faith effort to reward a team whose celebratory window was slammed shut due to a global pandemic? Or is it a further distraction from a volatile economy and a slate of executive orders and government layoffs currently in the midst of what could be an arduous legal battle? The answer, of course, is yes.
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