Trump Reveals Why Son Barron Respects Him ‘a Little Bit More’
The president shared that he introduced Barron to one of his idols.
President Donald Trump earned cool points with his youngest son during a White House dinner on Tuesday. Trump, 79, said Barron, 19, got to meet his soccer idol Cristiano Ronaldo at a dinner for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “This room is loaded up with the biggest leaders in the world, business, sports. You know, my son is a big fan of Ronaldo—wherever Ronaldo is here—and Barron got to meet him, and I think he respects his father a little bit more now, just the fact that I introduced you,” the president said. “So I just want to thank you both for being here. Thank you very much, really.” The Portuguese soccer icon, 40, became the face of the Saudi Pro League when he signed with Al Nassr in 2023. Ronaldo referred to bin Salman as his “boss” in an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan earlier this month. He also expressed a desire to meet the U.S. president. “I wish one day to meet him, to sit with him,” he said of Trump. “He’s one of the person that I really like him because I think he can make things happen and I like people like that.”
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