US EditionSoccer Superstar Ronaldo Joins Saudi Crown Prince During a White House Visit
Ronaldo's presence highlighted Saudi ties to sports and business, including his $200 million-a-year contract with Al-Nassr, owned by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund.
- Attending the candlelit, black-tie dinner, Cristiano Ronaldo, soccer superstar, joined Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and top officials at the White House East Room on Tuesday.
- The dinner honored bin Salman, Saudi Arabia, marking his first White House visit since 2018's diplomatic isolation, U.S. intelligence agencies determined.
- Cristiano Ronaldo, the face of Saudi football, signed an extension with Al‑Nassr, Saudi club majority owned by the sovereign wealth fund chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, while Trump introduced Ronaldo to his teenage son Barron Trump.
- With FIFA's involvement, Trump is set to attend the tournament draw on Dec. 5, bolstering Saudi soft power and business diplomacy at the White House dinner.
- Portugal will learn its World Cup opponents on Dec. 5 at the tournament draw, which President Donald Trump is set to attend, while Cristiano Ronaldo likely will be banned by FIFA after his first red card last week.
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VIDEO - This Tuesday Donald Trump received Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmane with all protocol honours, for his first visit to Washington since the assassination in 2018 of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who now operates in a Saudi club, was...
The presence of Cristiano Ronaldo at Melania Trump’s dinner gala has not gone unnoticed. On Tuesday the White House organized a banquet that did not lack the slightest detail, it was not least given the list of guests who would come in honor of the visit of the Saudi crown prince Mohamed Bin Salman, who seeks to project his international image after the diplomatic isolation for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. “Now that Cristian…
The President of the United States organized a sumptuous dinner at the White House in honour of the Saudi Crown Prince visiting Washington.
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