"It was hard to choose one favourite photo from football's double-header at the White House this week. In part this is because the pictures from Donald Trump's state dinner with Mohammed bin Salman and his in-house hype men Cristiano Ronaldo and Gianni Infantino were everywhere, recycled feverishly across the internet, dusted with their own drool-stained commentary by the wider Ronaldo-verse."
"There was the bit where Trump is giving a speech about all the unbelievable dignitaries, impresario-style, like he's cutting the ribbon on a shopping mall in Boca Raton. As you look closer it becomes clear his hair has now decisively evolved from its previous form as a kind of flat orange hat and has gone full 1980s newsreader bouffant, so thick with spray and chemicals it's closer to a kind of gauze,"
A White House state dinner featuring Donald Trump, Mohammed bin Salman, Cristiano Ronaldo, Georgina Rodriguez and Gianni Infantino produced widely circulated, attention-grabbing images. Photographs showed Trump and Ronaldo strolling the halls, Ronaldo dressed in black and laughing; Ronaldo and Rodriguez flanking a beaming Trump and holding a large heraldic key. Dinner footage appeared eerie and smudged with surreal room details. Trump gave a speech in an impresario tone, compared to a shopping mall ribbon-cutting. Trump's hair appeared as a thick 1980s newsreader bouffant. Dietary contrasts and Infantino's recurring, gurning presence added to the spectacle.
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