The Giants went 3-14 and nonetheless discovered their approach to the White Home with the Tremendous Bowl champion Eagles on Monday.
President Donald Trump claimed through the Eagles’ go to — which didn’t embody quarterback and Tremendous Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts — that he instructed the Giants to not let Saquon Barkley depart in free company final offseason.
“I was with the Giants and the head coach and some people and I said, ‘Do anything you have to, but don’t lose Saquon.’” Trump stated of Barkley, who he referred to as “a handsome guy.”
“They lost Saquon. That was not good. I called that one. That was an easy one to call because he played damn well for the Giants, I can tell you that,” the president stated.
The Giants denied, nonetheless, that any such dialog passed off.
Giants senior VP of communications Pat Hanlon instructed Entrance Workplace Sports activities that “there were no conversations” between Trump and the Giants about Barkley.
“With all due respect, stop yapping,” Hanlon wrote on ‘X,’ tagging the President’s account. “Be the leader we all want you to be. And my 401K wants you to be. I’m trying to retire!!”
For as soon as within the Giants-Barkley dynamic, the star operating again was the one with the general public goal on his again Monday.
Barkley confronted backlash on social media {for golfing} with Trump on Sunday after which flying from New Jersey to Washington D.C. with the President previous to the Eagles’ go to.
lol some individuals are actually upset trigger I performed golfed and flew to the White Home with the PRESIDENT. Possibly I simply respect the workplace, not a tough idea to grasp. Simply golfed with Obama not too way back…and sit up for ending my spherical with Trump ! Now ya get out my…
Barkley posted a response to the criticism on ‘X’: “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.”
Barkley additionally talked about his latest spherical of golf with former president Barack Obama, which he performed alongside Hurts and group proprietor Jeffrey Lurie.
Hurts was one among a number of Philadelphia gamers who didn’t attend Monday’s ceremony. Lurie had referred to as the White Home occasion “optional” for his gamers and coaches. However the proprietor, head coach Nick Sirianni and GM Howie Roseman all attended.
