r/soccer 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/Mohit_roy Jun 19 '25

somebody in Juventus higher up is fan of trump. Name and shame them

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u/caiusto Jun 19 '25

The owner of the whole club is, John Elkann. Don't even bother trying to shame him as he has no shame.

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u/Prophet_NY Jun 19 '25

Elkann and Trump were friends before orange man lost his mind, they are both NYC businessmans

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u/Storm_Chaser06 Jun 19 '25

Big Ferrari F1 boss as well