“Incredibly disappointing” – MLB fans FURIOUS with LA Dodgers accepting Donald Trump’s invite to White House following DoD controversy regarding Jackie Robinson

The Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday made an important announcement. On their X account, the 2024 World Series winner announced that they had accepted the invitation from President Donald Trump and will travel to the White House. This is something that has not gone down well with the fans.

Champions from the “Big 4” leagues are invited to the White House to celebrate along with President Donald Trump. Recently, the Super Bowl champions, the Philadelphia Eagles, accepted a similar invitation and will be visiting the White House on April 28.

The Dodgers have now accepted an invitation to the White House and will travel there when they come to Washington to take on the Washington Nationals.

In keeping with long-standing baseball tradition, President Trump has invited the 2024 World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House when they play in Washington D.C. on April 7. The Dodgers look forward to visiting the White House and celebrating our title.

Los Angeles Dodgers on X

In keeping with long-standing baseball tradition, President Trump has invited the 2024 World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House when they play in Washington D.C. on April 7. The Dodgers look forward to visiting the White House and celebrating our title.

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— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) March 25, 2025

This development takes place just a few days after the controversy regarding the Department of Defense (DOD) and Jackie Robinson. A week ago, the DoD page dedicated to Robinson was removed by the Trump administration amid the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) purge.

Robinson is credited for breaking the color barrier in MLB. On April 15, 1947, he became the first African-American to play in the MLB. Before that, black skinned color players were relegated to the Negro Leagues. Robinson’s appearance for the Brooklyn Dodgers, ended the racial segregation in baseball.

Before this, Robinson also served in the US Army during World War II. As a result of this, a page was dedicated to him which reflected back on his time as an army veteran. This page was recently removed leading to huge public outcry. Following massive backlash, the page was restored.

Social media reactions to LA Dodgers accepting Donald Trump’s invitation to White House

The Los Angeles Dodgers are facing severe backlash from social media users after they announced their trip to the White House to celebrate the 2024 World Series triumph with Donald Trump. Many users pointed out the recent controversy regarding Jackie Robinson’s DoD page as a reason for their anger.

Robinson spent his entire MLB career playing for the Dodgers while they were called the Brooklyn Dodgers. In his 10-year spell, he was named as a 6-time MLB All-Star and won the World Series in 1955.

After retirement, he became an executive of the team. As a result of his services to the team, fans were unhappy to see the team accept the invitation from Donald Trump after what had transpired. One user on X labeled it as “Incredibly disappointing“.

Check out that and some other reactions from X below:

This is bad and wrong. Incredibly disappointing. Lost a lot of pride in my team.

— hunter🌹 (@LiveBreatheLA) March 25, 2025

as if trump wouldn’t want to deport half the team from the get-go. i know it’s not the admin’s fault and you’re spreading news about the organization but the dodgers have zero integrity. as a baseball fan this is so disappointing to see.

— alex ✪ (@zuccarellohno) March 25, 2025

This is disappointing as majority of your fans are people of color, it’s a slap in the face for the people that actually supported you. If the Eagles can say no so can you.

— elizabeth (@jedi_master_liz) March 25, 2025

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— WS Champion Dodgers Lyss (@notlyssa) March 25, 2025

lowkey announcing this after what they tried to do with jackie robinson’s legacy is very low

— not jo (@thelukadoncic) March 25, 2025

They should all wear Jackie Robinson jerseys.

— Ned2point0 (@Ned2point0) March 25, 2025

Shame on you for accepting Trump’s invite after his admin erased Jackie Robinson’s legacy from the Pentagon site. This is a slap in the face to history and integrity. Skip the visit, honor the game, not the politics.

— Richard Angwin (@RichardAngwin) March 26, 2025

Big L on the dodgers!!! All Trump does is talk negative about California, Los Angeles, and the Hispanic fan base! I’m ashamed to be a Dodger fan hearing this information

— ERod (@CoinsRod) March 25, 2025

On the 50th anniversary of his debut, Robinson’s No.42 was retired by every team across the league. April 15 is currently celebrated as Jackie Robinson Day in MLB, with every player, manager, coach and umpire wearing the No.42 on their back.

Dave Roberts addresses Dodgers’ visit to White House

Amidst the anger among the fans, Dave Roberts on Tuesday addressed the visit of the Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House. While addressing the media, the Dodgers manager claimed it was a “huge honor” for them to visit the White House and celebrate with Donald Trump.

It’s certainly a huge honor to get the invitation to the White House. It allows us to celebrate our 2024 championship. To my understanding, every World Series champion gets that honor, so it’s a great honor for all of us.

Dave Roberts said as per Alden Gonzalez of ESPN

The Dodgers announced they will visit the White House April 7.

Their manager, Dave Roberts: “It’s certainly a huge honor to get the invitation to the White House. It allows us to celebrate our 2024 championship. To my understanding, every World Series champion gets that honor.”

— Alden González (@Alden_Gonzalez) March 25, 2025

Surprisingly, Roberts had declined to visit the White House to meet Trump in 2019 if the Dodgers had won the World Series that year. This was the last year of Trump’s first-term as the President of the United States. The Dodgers did visit Joe Biden after they won the Fall Classic in the COVID-shortened 2020 season.

For now, the Dodgers will turn their attention towards the home-opener against the Detroit Tigers on March 27. This will be the first match at the Dodger Stadium since they won Game 2 of the World Series against the New York Yankees last year and took a 2-0 lead.