Ex Celtic star affronted by 'weird' Donald Trump stunt as he clamps USA President over Oval Office incident
Timo Weah was less then impressed with what went down as he and his Juve mates were left perplexed by Trump's attempt to flex his muscles.
Upset Timo Weah has publicly distanced himself from the bizarre incident he became embroiled in as Juventus stars were caught in the cross hairs of Donald Trump 's latest warning to Iran.
The President of the USA welcomed a selection of Juventus players inside the Oval Office but the meet and greet quickly descended into something more ominous as Trump sent a warning to the Middle East and also launched several jabs towards transgender athletes.
And Weah was less than impressed with what went down as he and his Juve mates were left perplexed by Trump's attempt to flex his muscles.
Speaking after the incident, he said: "It was weird. I was caught by surprise, honestly, when he started talking politics, with Iran and everything. I was kind of like, I just want to play football … They just told us that we have to go, and I had no choice but to go.
"So I guess it was a cool experience, obviously being in the White House as a first time, it's always wonderful. But I'm not one for the politics, so it wasn't that exciting.'
Trump pulled no punches as pleasantries quickly turned to something else.
On the escalating tension in the Middle East, Trump said: "Could the Iranian regime fall? Anything could happen."
And he also asked the assembled players behind him if women's players could star for the men's team, Chief Damien Comolli offered a diplomatic answer as he extolled the virtues of the women's team who won the league title.
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