Cristiano Ronaldo attends White House dinner in honour of Saudi crown prince

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Cristiano Ronaldo attends White House dinner in honour of Saudi crown prince  The Portuguese football superstar attended a White House state dinner with global leaders as US President Trump welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Washington.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/19/cristiano-ronaldo-attends-white-house-dinner-in-honour-of-saudi-crown-prince  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump hosted a lavish dinner at the White House as Saudi Arabia's

00:07Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited the U.S. Among the guests was football superstar

00:13Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been the face of the Saudi Football League since joining club

00:18Al Nasser at the end of 2022, reportedly on a $200 million a year contract.

00:24Other notable guests were Apple CEO Tim Cook, Tesla founder Elon Musk and FIFA president Gianni

00:31Infantino. The Crown Prince's visit is his first in seven years and follows years of diplomatic

00:38isolation after Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by Saudi agents in a consulate

00:44office in Istanbul in 2018. U.S. intelligence agencies believe the Crown Prince approved the

00:51operation, but he has denied any involvement in the killing. Trump brushed aside reporters'

00:58questions about Saudi Arabia's human rights record in a meeting with the Crown Prince prior

01:03to the dinner. During the meeting, Trump praised the Saudi Crown Prince and announced hundreds

01:08of billions of dollars in new Saudi investment in the United States.

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