Nov 05, 2025
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The former president shared a message with the Los Angeles Dodgers after the championship's invitation to the White House.
The Los Angeles Giants captured their World Series title with a big overtime win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
As expected, the team received many congratulations from celebrities and celebrities, including a message from former US President Barack Obama.
"What a great series!"Obama wrote in response to the announcement of the team's victory on Facebook.
Obama also sent congratulations to the "back-to-back champion" in a relatively benign message, but users of the social media platform took the opportunity to respond with decidedly political overtones.
Obama's message differed from that of Donald Trump's successor, who sent a personal message to Obama saying the group would join the White House.
"A lesser group of men would never have been able to win that game, or Game 6 for that matter," Trump posted on Truth Social."See everyone at the White House!!!"
Trump's message created an interesting choice for the Dodgers, who were pressured by fans to protest his administration's influence on Los Angeles by declining the invitation.The team will likely accept the invitation, as it did last year, but the contrast between Trump's announced response to the championship and Obama's simple congratulations was a stark reminder of their differences while in office.
While in office, Obama hosted White House visits from the World Series Champion St.Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants, attending on three separate occasions.Those visits met with relatively little controversy.
Trump's invitations to baseball teams and other sports, like many of his official acts, have been more polarizing.
When he joined the Dodgers earlier this year, relief pitcher Brusdar Graterol, born in Venezuela, chose not to visit during Trump's first term, half of the teams in the major leagues had never visited the White House.
"My attitude is, if they want to be here, the best place in the world, I'll be here," Trump said after canceling the Eagles' visit to Philadelphia and was joined by NBA stars Stephen Curry and LeBron James, per CNBC."If they don't want to be here, I don't."
After Trump's recent invitation to the Dodgers, the team is likely to generate some controversy regardless of how it responds.But that might not have happened during the Obama administration.
