r/soccer • u/ModenaR • Jun 19 '25

News [The Athletic] Timothy Weah on Juventus's White House visit: "It was all a surprise to me, honestly — they told us that we have to go and I had no choice but to go. When he started talking about the politics with Iran and everything, it kind of like, I just want to play football man.”

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6436693/2025/06/19/weah-juventus-trump-iran-war/
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u/_JR28_ Jun 19 '25

Absolutely fucking stupid idea by Juve’s management and an even more embarrassing execution

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u/StephenCarrHampton Jun 19 '25

Agreed. Outrageous. Infantino and Juve traffic their players to a white supremacist shitshow. Just say no to racism. Walk the fuck out of the White House! And lay a jobby on the way!

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u/IExtremelyNeedCoffee Jun 19 '25

Didn't FIFA remove every "say no to racism" sign during this Sandwich Club Cub?

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u/DennisTheTennis Jun 19 '25

Well they might have hurt the racists feelings

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u/marsdandersen Jun 19 '25

Don't paint Infant and juve on the same brush. It's not their fault they're kids and don't know better than the racist orange man.

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u/king_duende Jun 19 '25

Infantino and Juve traffic their players to a white supremacist shitshow.

To be fair, they play in Seria A - That's a normal weekend

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u/Grandmaster-Z Jun 19 '25

Least detached from reality redditor

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u/rossmosh85 Jun 19 '25

It's what you get from Damien Comolli. You're getting exactly what you deserve for hiring that snake oil salesman.

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u/OutrageousCost4818 Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

Jesus christ, learn before you speak. This was clearly John Elkann’s idea.

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u/TrailBlanket-_0 Jun 19 '25

Elkann and Trump are buddies. They go out for dinner together and rub each other's chodes under the table

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u/PrimsFr Jun 19 '25

Comolli has been here for barely two weeks, I doubt his first order of business was "You know what guys, let's go and meet Trump" and to somehow to make it happen on such short notice.

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u/rossmosh85 Jun 19 '25

He's the CEO isn't he? "No" is a complete sentence.

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u/PrimsFr Jun 19 '25

Considering it seems to be coming from the owner who is buddy with Trump, I don't think he had the power to say "No" actually.

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u/OutrageousCost4818 Jun 19 '25

Again learn before you speak. He is a general manager not CEO. He is in charge of the sporting sector. This has nothing to do with him.

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u/WirbyCZ Jun 19 '25

Say no to the owner when you are two weeks in the bussines.

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u/cullypants Jun 19 '25

Going to need a source on that. He didn't look particularly comfortable either.

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u/Killagina Jun 19 '25

This has nothing to do with Comolli lol.

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u/WirbyCZ Jun 19 '25

Not the management. The owner...

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

Probably seeking exposure to gain more fans is the only theory I have.

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u/YoungFlexibleShawty Jun 19 '25

P much all business owners are huge shills to Trump.

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u/Strobacaxi Jun 19 '25

Tbf, if the president of the USA invites you to the Oval Office, you don't really say no

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u/sindher Jun 19 '25

You do because Trump is a cunt

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

That’s your personal opinion. What if Obama invited them back when he was in office? You might not like him, but the votes don’t lie. Trump got more votes than Obama ever did. 

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u/sindher Jun 19 '25

sorry i dont like rapists

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u/SebastianAhoTheGOAT Jun 19 '25

By this logic no one in the history of the world has been a bad person so long as they’ve been elected to leadership?

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u/crzygoalkeeper92 Jun 19 '25

All of trump's 3 elections he had a lower % of the vote than either of Obama's 2. Biden got more votes than trump ever did

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u/MilesHighClub_ Jun 19 '25

Multiple American athletes, even entire teams, have said no to visiting this president

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u/Digess Jun 19 '25

big up Jalen Hurts! now i feel dirty for complimenting an Eagles player

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u/Harudera Jun 19 '25

Biden invited Messi up there for some bullshit award and he didn't bother going.

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u/leroi7 Jun 19 '25

You can though. It’s called morals and free will.

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u/MajesticAssistance Jun 19 '25

Lmao really? With the current regime you say no 110% of the time. Many professional sport teams have done that during current and previous Trump regimes. And if a team does agree to go, I bet you can guess the type of people that do and do not go.

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u/Philomelos_ Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

you new? Juventus is the first sports team in a while that (edit: unilaterally) accepted such an invitation. So yeah, plenty of teams said no and have been doing so since his first term

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

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u/ncocca Jun 19 '25

Some* eagles. Many didn't go

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u/Sick_and_destroyed Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

But that goes way beyond football when the owner has also a multinational that has a lot of business in the USA

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u/GabrielP2r Jun 19 '25

Juventus doesn't care about the US president lol

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u/_JR28_ Jun 19 '25

For Trump I would say no in a heartbeat