Donald Trump joked that his son Barron now “respects his father a bit of bit extra” after assembly soccer megastar Cristiano Ronaldo on the White Home on Tuesday.
Throughout a dinner honoring Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Trump instructed visitors: “This room is loaded up with the largest leaders on the earth — enterprise, sports activities. My son is a giant fan of Ronaldo, wherever Ronaldo is right here, and Barron acquired to fulfill him. And I feel he respects his father a bit of bit extra now, simply the truth that I launched you.”
“So I simply wish to thanks each for being right here,” he added.
It’s unclear what 19-year-old Barron, a faithful soccer fan, and the 40-year-old billionaire Portuguese athlete mentioned, or if the president chatted too.
After starring for European giants Actual Madrid, Juventus and Manchester United, striker Ronaldo joined Saudi membership Al Nassr in 2023 because the marquee face of the Saudi Professional League.
The league has drawn top-tier gamers with massive contracts as a part of Saudi Arabia’s push to diversify its economic system by means of sports activities and tourism, a technique critics have extensively dismissed as “sportswashing.”
In a current interview with British broadcaster Piers Morgan, Ronaldo said he hoped to “sooner or later” meet Trump due to his significance, whereas additionally claiming to be extra well-known worldwide than the president.
