Donald Trump talks about fighting Iran with Juventus soccer team stood behind him
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to members of the press from the White House about launching an attack on Iran whilst players of Italian soccer team Juventus stood behind
In arguably one of the weirdest crossovers of 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump spoke of fighting against Iran whilst players of the Italian soccer team, Juventus, stood behind him.
Wednesday saw the U.S. President welcome several Juventus players, including USMNT pair Weston McKennie and Timothy Weah, and coach Igor Tudor to the Oval Office. The Italian side is currently competing in the FIFA Club World Cup, with Juventus winning their first game of the tournament 5-0 against Al Ain.
During the meeting, Trump bizarrely launched into an attack on trans athletes, with the 78-year-old, who signed signed an executive order banning biological men from competing in girls' and women's sports earlier this year, asking the Juventus players for their thoughts on whether 'a woman could make your team'.
The Juventus players also had to stand in the Oval Office behind Trump awkwardly as the President fielded questions about possible U.S. intervention to prevent escalating nuclear tensions between Israel and Iran.
Recently, political commentator Tucker Carlson interviewed Republican Senator Ted Cruz, with the former questioning whether it would be right for the U.S. to intervene.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said whilst being flanked by Juventus players: "It's interesting because I did ask Tucker [Carlson] 'are you ok with nuclear weapons being in the hands of Iran?' And he sort of didn't like that ... and I said well, if it's ok with you, then you and I do have a difference.
"But it's really not ok with him, therefore you may have to fight. And maybe it'll end and maybe it'll end very quickly, but there's no way - whether you have to fight or not - you can allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon because the entire world will blow up. Not going to let that happen."
Trump also told reporters: "You don’t know that I’m going to even do it. I may do it. I may not do it. Nobody knows what I’m going to do.
"I can tell you this: Iran’s got a lot of trouble, and they want to negotiate."
During his interview with Cruz, Carlson asked the Republican senator whether he knew the population of Iran, a country the U.S. could soon launch an attack on.
"How many people live in Iran by the way?" Carlson asked Cruz, who responded: "I don't know the populations."
Slightly incredulous, Carlson quickly replied: "At all?" prompting Cruz to say: "No, I don't know the population."
"You don't know the population of the country you seek to topple?" questioned Carlson, stating the case for America not to intervene in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran.