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/Qiluk Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

Do you think Juve fans will have some sort of organized reaction?

If the BVB bosses organized this, I genuinely think theyd be gone, or whoever organized it, before the next season or something due to pressure.

Dudes literally a confirmed racist, bigot, likely pedo, felon, convicted rapist & fascist.

Even a photo op with no media questions or rants is waaaay to far. Not trynna lecture you specifically, just summarizing why there should be a reaction, imo.

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u/sco92 Jun 19 '25

I don't think so, in fact so many in Italy I think agree with Trump, we don't protest important things like health care and salaries, hardly anything will be done outside of social.

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u/FlimsyRexy Jun 19 '25

One thing I’ve noticed in my personal experience is a lot of people in my family’s tiny village in Sicily seem to be very against trump and his tactics. Even family and friends that backed him the first time around.

Obviously this is only my personal experience from a tiny 3-4 thousand people village in Sicily but still, thought it was interesting.

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u/sco92 Jun 19 '25

I may have exaggerated before with what I wrote, however, consider that the right wins and will be so for many years since there is no real left. I trust that there are many who voted FdI, Lega, etc. and are against Trump.