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Football legend Lionel Messi met U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House during a special ceremony honoring Inter Miami CF for their 2025 Major League Soccer Cup victory. Messi presented Trump with a bejeweled pink soccer ball while the team celebrated their championship win after defeating the Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the final.

Trump praised the Argentine superstar for joining Inter Miami and immediately delivering success, highlighting the immense pressure Messi faced as one of football’s greatest players. The ceremony also included several Inter Miami stars and sports figures as the MLS champions were officially honored at the White House.

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00:01This Mr. Penn says USA 250 on the front which we have on our jersey and this is Trump 47
00:09the Lionel Messi's number 10 is a best-selling jersey in the world.
00:23Of all which we've made which hopefully will have a rightful place in the local office
00:27in dedication of you dedicated for our championship.
00:31That's for you Mr. President.
00:32Thank you very much.
00:32That's fantastic.
00:34And then most importantly this is a very, very special limited edition Inter-Miami Pink Tudor Watch.
00:43It's etched on the back with your name in a tribute to you and special because time is a precious
00:50element.
00:51Time has a lot of meaning I think to all of us and we wanted to give you that.
00:56And also we have an additional gift which is another jersey for a very luscious chief of staff.
01:24Thank you very much.
01:26Thank you very much.
01:27And I want to just invite the team to the Oval Office.
01:29Very, very special place.
01:31Because it's sort of the center of the world especially now but always it's the center of the world.
01:36We have a little present for you there.
01:38And anybody would like to come you could just follow me on down there.
01:42Okay?
01:42You'll see the Oval and you'll have some fun.
01:45Thank you all very much.
01:53Let's get to the reason that we're here and it's a beautiful reason because we're honoring
02:00truly talented people.
02:03Today we're thrilled to host the 2025 MLS Cup Champions Inter Miami.
02:12Great job.
02:27And it's my distinct privilege to say what no American president has ever had the chance to say
02:33before welcome to the White House.
02:37Leonel Massey.
02:38Leonel Massey is, my son said, Dad, you know who's going to be there today?
02:43I said, no.
02:44I got a lot of things going on.
02:47He said, Massey.
02:49I said, really, he's a big fan.
02:51He's a big fan of yours.
02:53He thinks you're just a great person and I think you got to meet a little while.
02:56So, he's a big soccer fan but he's a tremendous fan of yours and a gentleman named Ronaldo.
03:06We have, Cristiano is great.
03:10You're great.
03:10Boy, some big champions, some great, great athletes in that sport and people that really,
03:16they really love, they really love what they're doing and they're doing it well.
03:20And it's an honor for us and everybody at the White House to be honoring you today.
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