And for what it's worth, Brady also skipped his team's 2015 White House visit when former President Barack Obama was in office.
"Need some help?" asks the Super Bowl LI victor, who was visiting the president with his team to celebrate their victory over the Atlanta Falcons.
Trump called out The New York Times for the misleading tweet on Thursday morning.
Photos shot by Getty Images appear to show hundreds of additional spectators taking in Trump's congratulatory speech from the White House lawn, which provided the president with the ammunition he needed.
"No team has been this good for this long", Trump said during the ceremony (via The New York Times).
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The Patriots pointed out in Obama's picture, 40 staff members were standing behind him on the staircases. The tweet compared it with a NY Times photo taken Wednesday with Trump - showing both of the staircases empty.
Trump did eventually get around to congratulating the Patriots on their improbable victory - which he, of course, likened to his in last year's election. "In 2017, they were seated on the south lawn".
Defensive end Chris Long, running back LeGarrette Blount, defensive tackle Alan Branch, tight end Martellus Bennett, defensive back Devin McCourty and linebacker Dont'a Hightower have all publicly stated an intention not to accompany the team on the Washington trip.
Brady was one of 34 players who were invited to the White House for Wednesday event but didn't attend. The New York Times published photos of those in attendance in 2015, compared to Wednesday's group.
Reports indicate a handful of other players chose not to attend for political reasons. Often mistaken for Aaron Dobson of the New England Patriots, he is one letter away from being an National Football League wide receiver. The Patriots organization told the Times that despite the lower number of players present, the size of the overall delegation that went to the White House is about the same as it was two years ago.
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