The Eagles organization has never flown higher than it did in deciding not to force its players to accommodate President Trump’s plan to use them as a prop in his campaign to stifle freedom of speech.

Trump late Monday disinvited Philly’s NFL team from a planned visit Tuesday to celebrate the team’s Super Bowl championship after learning that most Eagles players wouldn’t be there.

That includes safety Malcolm Jenkins, who was a leader among the Eagles players who this past season chose to visibly protest social injustice when the national anthem was played during pregame ceremonies.

“If you want to meet to talk about advancing our communities, changing our countries, I am all for that,” Jenkins said. “This isn’t one of those meetings. So I’ll opt out of the photo opportunity.”

Trump, in typical fashion, treated the snub of him as an affront to all Americans.

“They disagree with their president because he insists that they proudly stand for the national anthem, hand on heart, in honor of the great men and women of our military and the people of our country,” Trump said in a statement.

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