Juventus players expressed themselves after having met US President Donald Trump before their first club World Cup match on Wednesday.
The bizarre interaction took place on the Oval Office – with FIFA President Gianni Infantino – and no explanation was given as to why the meeting took place.
The players were depicted behind Trump – who received a Juventus shirt – before launching in a tirade on transgender athletes and Iran amidst their conflict with Israel.
Juventus -wing player Timothy Weah has now broken his silence on Trump's Tirade and admitted that he had no idea that the afternoon would play.
After the 5-0 victory of his team over Al-Aine on Wednesday evening, WEAH told reporters: 'It was all a surprise for me, to be honest-she told us that we had to go and I had no choice but to go.
“I was honestly surprised. It was a bit weird. When he started talking about politics with Iran and so on, it's a bit like, I just want to play football man.
“I think it was a cool experience, of course, being in the White House … If the first time it is always great, but I am not one for politics, so it was not that exciting.”
Weah is the son of former Ballon d'Or winner, George, who was also the president of Liberia between 2018 and 2024.
According to the New York Times, the Trump government could expand their travel prohibitions to 36 extra countries, including Liberia, prior to next year's World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada.
Juventus and American midfielder Weston McKennie shake Trump's hand at one point during the meeting, where Trump tells him and Weh 'I hope you will be the best two players on the field'.
But in June 2020, McKennie told the German Outlet Bild: “I don't think Trump is the right one for the job as president.”
He added: “In my eyes you can call him racist.”
Juventus may have thought that they would only talk about their club World Cup campaign with Trump to try to increase interest in the tournament, but it soon became clear that would not be the case.
During a particularly uncomfortable exchange, Trump asked the players: “Can a woman make your team, guys?”
When general manager Damien Comolli pointed out that Juventus has a strong ladies team after winning Serie A last season, Trump replied: 'But they should play with women in an apparent Jibe in the transgender community.
His attention quickly turned in Iran after escalating tensions in the middle east.
Trump was to tackle how the US was planning to respond to the conflict, said: “Could the Iranian regime fall? Everything can happen. '
Trump finally spoke about football when he stated that Juventus' match with Al-Inain was' completely 'sold out later that evening.
Infantino assured Trump that this was true, because he answered 'of course' when he was asked if the stadium would be full.
The presence of the competition was 18,161, almost 2,000 under the maximum stadium capacity of 20,000.
Empty seats have become a theme of the tournament after only a little more than 3,000 fans Ulsan HD Mamelodi had seen Sundowns play in a stadium of 25,500 seats in Orlando earlier this week.