Kansas City Chiefs star kicker Harrison Butker met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday.
White House staffers shared pics on social media showing the president talking to a dapper football player. Aide Margo Martin captioned her post, “The GOAT of kicking @buttkicker7 meets the GOAT of Presidents @realDonaldTrump.”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also posted pictures of the Super Bowl-winning kicker posing in the Press Briefing Room, writing on X, “You never know who you’re going to see at the White House! Great meeting Harrison Butker @buttkicker7 today!”
One political reporter shared a behind-the-scenes photo of Butker’s visit on social media and wrote: “White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker quickly entered the press briefing room for a photograph behind the lectern. ‘You never know what you’ll see in the White House,’ Leavitt told the small crew of reporters. ‘This is where the magic happens.’”
The GOAT of kicking @buttkicker7 meets the GOAT of Presidents @realDonaldTrump ???????? pic.twitter.com/1F5qMlSIhv
— Margo Martin (@MargoMartin47) February 27, 2025
It is unclear at this time what the two men discussed. Ahead of the election, Butker called on Christians to “head to the polls” to vote for Trump “to keep God in America.”
You never know who you’re going to see at the White House! Great meeting Harrison Butker @buttkicker7 today! ???????? pic.twitter.com/pov8iYvGFL
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) February 27, 2025
Butker dropped an ad called “Protect Your Faith. Vote Trump” from his Upright political action committee that warned that “faith is under attack” from “Kamala Harris and the radical Democrats.”
He has said the pro-life movement “is the most crucial topic for me.”
Butker made headlines last year after he gave a commencement address at Benedictine College, a Catholic university in Kansas, in which he praised his wife for being a “homemaker,” called out President Joe Biden’s support for abortion, and criticized Pride Month.