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Donald Trump makes bizarre 'America' comment to Juventus players after 'pointing finger' directly at Manuel Locatelli in White House visit

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Updated 13:28 19 Jun 2025 GMT+1Published 13:19 19 Jun 2025 GMT+1

Donald Trump makes bizarre 'America' comment to Juventus players after 'pointing finger' directly at Manuel Locatelli in White House visit

The American president didn't hold back when speaking about the Juventus star.

Ben McCrum

Ben McCrum

Featured Image Credit: Getty/American Agenda

Topics: Donald Trump, Juventus, Football, FIFA Club World Cup

Ben McCrum
Ben McCrum

Ben is a sports journalist who specialises in football and MMA. He has written for publications such as Manchester Evening News, WiganToday, Manchester World and beIN Sports. Throughout his career he has interviewed top athletes in MMA including Tom Aspinall and Michael Bisping.

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Donald Trump made another weird comment about America during his meeting with the Juventus squad at The White House.

Ahead of their Club World Cup opening fixture against Al Ahli in Washington DC, several Juventus players were invited to meet with American President Trump in the famous oval office.

US internationals Timothy Weah and Weston McKennie were among the group of players who attended the meeting, but things didn't exactly go to plan.

Although the meeting was believed to be simply to promote the Club World Cup, which is being hosted across the US, Trump used the meeting to promote his political views, making a highly controversial comment about transgender athletes.

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But it has now been revealed that this wasn't the only awkward comment made by Trump during the meeting, as he pointed straight at Manuel Locatelli while making a weird statement about America.

The Juventus squad met with Donald Trump in the White House. (Image: Getty)
The Juventus squad met with Donald Trump in the White House. (Image: Getty)

Throughout both of Trump's terms as president, he has regularly discussed policies relating to immigration to the United States, and his meeting with the Juventus squad was just another one of these moments.

After being presented with a custom Juventus shirt with his name and the number 47, representing that fact that he is America's 47th president, Trump wished the players good luck before asking: “Who are you playing against? Oh, Al Ain spends a lot of money, right?”

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John Elkann, the CEO of Juventus' owners Exor, replied: “Yes, here are the best teams in the world.”

To which Trump responded by pointing at Italian international Locatelli and his teammates, declaring: “Like some of these guys behind me. If they come legally, we want them.

"They have to say they love America, they love our country. And if they can’t say that, we don’t want them.”

Trump singled out Manuel Locatelli during their White House meeting. (Image: Getty)
Trump singled out Manuel Locatelli during their White House meeting. (Image: Getty)

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The comment was just one of several that Juventus forward Weah later admitted had made him and his teammates feel uncomfortable.

“I was caught by surprise, honestly. It was a bit weird. When he started talking about the politics with Iran and everything, it’s kind of like, I just want to play football man," he said, via The Athletic.

Juventus went on the win their match against Al Ahli 5-0 and will face Moroccan side Wydad AC in their second group stage fixture on Sunday.

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