Trump said Louisiana is "a special state," noting how extraordinary it was to have national champions for both the NCAA and the NAIA hail from the same state.

President Trump suggested the LSU-Shreveport Pilots and LSU Tigers play each other after each team won baseball titles in different divisions.

According to the LSU Athletics website, this is the team’s third trip to the White House. The 1991 National Championship team met with former President George H.W. Bush during a Rose Garden ceremony that also included MLB legends Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams.

The White House on Monday began demolishing part of the East Wing, the traditional home to the first lady’s offices, to make way for President Donald Trump’s proposed $250 million ballroom despite not having construction approval from the federal agency that oversees such projects.

TV host Abby Phillip spoke out after work began on the East Wing of the White House as President Donald Trump decided to build a ballroom, funded by himself and donors