Cristiano Ronaldo took a remarkable selfie alongside Elon Musk and some of the world’s most powerful figures at a White House dinner hosted by Donald Trump
The soccer star was joined by his fiancee Georgina Rodriguez for the glitzy event to welcome Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Washington DC.
Trump paid tribute to Ronaldo, 40, during his speech at the dinner, which brought some of the world’s richest and most recognizable names to the White House.
Later on Tuesday night, tech founder and investor David Sacks posted a selfie from inside event. Ronaldo took the photo, which also included Sacks, Musk, Fifa president Gianni Infantino, Rodriguez and US secretary of commerce, Howard Lutnick.
‘Great night!’ Sacks posted alongside the picture, which was also shared by Lutnick on social media.
Ronaldo, who plays for Al-Nassr in the Saudi Pro League, is part of the visiting delegation and the 40-year-old wore a black tuxedo as he sat alongside the likes of Musk and vice president JD Vance. Others packed into the East Room included Donald Trump Jr, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Apple CEO Tim Cook.
It marked the soccer star’s first public appearance on US soil since being accused of r*pe by an American teacher in 2017.
‘This room is loaded up with the biggest leaders in the world – business, sports…’ Trump said. ‘My son is a big fan of Ronaldo… Barron got to meet him and I think he respects his father a little bit more now – just the fact that I introduced you.’
Tuesday also marked the first time that the Saudi Crown Prince has been in the United States since US intelligence claimed he approved the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Trump sensationally defended the Crown Prince when he was quizzed by a reporter on Khashoggi’s murder in the Oval Office earlier on Tuesday, scolding the question and, defying the US intelligence report which emerged during his first tenure as president, said Bin Salman ‘knew nothing about it’.
Meanwhile the 40-year-old Ronaldo, a player for Portugal and Al-Nassr, has not been photographed publicly in the USA since being accused of rape in 2017 by former American teacher Kathryn Mayorga.
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