The Argentine captain was welcomed to the White House by President Trump after the Inter Miami title in the 2025 MLS Cup. The greeting between the two became one of the most talked about postcards of the day.
Lionel Messi's visit to the White House left an unprecedented scene that quickly became one of the most talked about moments at the crossroads between sport and politics at the global level. The captain of the Argentine National Team and figure of Inter Miami met for the first time with the President of the United States, Donald Trump, as part of an official reception to the champion squad of the 2025 MLS Cup, a match that combined institutional recognition, sporting tradition and a strong symbolic burden in front
of the cameras.
The day, held at the historic headquarters of the American government, offered a series of images that soon went viral on social networks and international media. Among them, the greeting between Messi and Trump during the official ceremony stood out, a postcard that summarized the nature of the event: the meeting between one of the greatest legends of world football and the political leader of the main Western power. The match was part of the traditional recognition that the White House gives to champion teams of American sports, and which this time had as its protagonist the Florida club, recently established in the MLS with the star Rosario as the
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