Winning a professional sports championship is hard work. The Philadelphia Eagles proved that over the course of half a century until they finally did it in February. Stuff like the parade and the traditional visit of the champions to the White House, that’s supposed to be the easy part.

But nothing is uncomplicated with President Donald J. Trump:

As usual, the President’s version of reality doesn’t quite match up to, like, facts:

For their part, the Philadelphia Eagles organization is taking the slight in stride. The Eagles’ statement addressing this situation tacitly but pointedly omitted mention of the President or the White House:

With all this class oozing from the Eagles, a franchise that right now cannot seem to do anything wrong, you might be worried that this city has gone soft. Maybe we lost our edge? No worries there. Jeffrey Lurie doesn’t have anything to gain by antagonizing President Trump, but Democratic Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney sure does:

Kenney could have delivered roughly the same message with just the first and third paragraphs in that statement above, lauding the team for its national imprint, its accomplishments and its work in the community. Noting that City Hall is always open for a celebration is a nice touch, too.

Of course, it’s that second bit that turns a benign and benevolent defense of the city’s professional football team into a national story. Calling the President a “fragile egomaniac” and labeling him “not a true patriot” used to be the sort of thing that cost mayors their jobs. Now it’s just something they do on a Monday in June. Even Kenney’s Chief of Staff, Jane Slusser, got in on the act:

The Army/Navy game returns to Lincoln Financial Field in December. President Trump has from now until then to cobble together his nonsense excuse not to show. We’ll see who’s disrespecting the military then.