Ronaldo was not the only soccer-related dinner guest, as Fifa chief Gianni Infantino made yet another appearance at the White House before the 2026 World Cup, which the US is co-hosting.<\/p>\n
Ronaldo says next year\u2019s World Cup \u2013 for which Portugal booked their place this week \u2013 will \u201cdefinitely\u201d be his last.<\/p>\n
Also at the black-tie dinner was Space X and Tesla tycoon Musk, in a sign that the rift between the President and the world\u2019s richest man has healed after their fiery public divorce.<\/p>\n
South African-born Musk spent five months as head of the cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) and accompanied Trump on a trip to Saudi Arabia in May.<\/p>\n
The relationship collapsed in July after Musk criticised Trump\u2019s so-called \u201cbig, beautiful\u201d spending Bill and then said that the President was in investigatory files relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n
Trump responded by threatening Musk with deportation.<\/p>\n
Musk, wearing a tuxedo, was seen chatting to fellow guests at a candlelit table \u2013 although a different one from Trump\u2019s.<\/p>\n
During the dinner Trump also praised the Saudi Prince as a \u201cman of leadership\u201d, having earlier defended his royal visitor over the 2018 murder of dissident Saudi American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.<\/p>\n
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