Sights and sounds from the Patriots’ White House visit

The Patriots paid a visit to President and noted New England fan Donald Trump on Wednesday to commemorate their Super Bowl victory.

Although Tom Brady was tending to a family matter and a number of Patriots players including Martellus Bennett and LeGarrette Blount chose to protest with their absence, a sizeable Pats contingent led by owner Robert Kraft and coach Bill Belichick showed up to celebrate at the White House.

Here’s what went down, featuring...Gronk.

(Spoiler alert: literally nothing of substance happened and it was an overly serious occasion with little celebratory fanfare.)

Trump's right hand man. pic.twitter.com/EMVfwLeQa9
— SI Media (@SISportsMedia) April 19, 2017

The Patriots just signed a new fullback pic.twitter.com/ciewk1Jkck
— SI Media (@SISportsMedia) April 19, 2017

My new favorite New England Patriots player. pic.twitter.com/HVnJQEhuxU
— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) April 19, 2017

Donald Trump left his Super Bowl party at 8:57 pm ET, with the Patriots down 28-3.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) April 19, 2017

.@POTUS receives special @Patriots jersey with his name on it. pic.twitter.com/QpDz450VGw
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 19, 2017

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