Trump Hosts NFL Champ Patriots, a Team Divided on the President

President Donald Trump welcomed the New England Patriots into the Oval Office on Wednesday, honoring a football team that is as publicly divided about his presidency as much of the rest of the country. No sports team has closer ties to Trump, who has boasted of his friendships with the Super Bowl champions’ owner, head coach and quarterback. But several Patriots boycotted the visit for political reasons. “With your backs against the wall and the pundits — good ol’ pundits, boy they’re wrong a lot, aren’t they — saying you couldn’t do it, the game was over. You pulled off the greatest Super Bowl comeback of all time,” Trump said. At least seven players, including star quarterback Tom Brady,