England males’s nationwide soccer group captain Harry Kane has sparked backlash after revealing he’s performed golf with Donald Trump.
Kane, whose six targets have helped hearth England into Wednesday’s World Cup semifinal towards Argentina, disclosed the spherical with the president throughout a information convention on Friday forward of England’s 2-1 quarterfinal victory over Norway.
The Bayern Munich striker was requested by The Each day Telegraph how he fared towards Trump on the golf course. Watch the change right here.
“I performed all proper, to be sincere,” Kane mentioned. “Yeah, we performed about 18 months in the past. He invited me to play after I was down in Palm Seashore, so, yeah, when the president invitations you someplace. It was a fairly surreal expertise simply to satisfy him and clearly play golf with him.”
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Kane added that Trump’s golf recreation is “fairly good, to be sincere with you” and mentioned: “I hope I can play golf nearly as good as him after I’m his age, that’s for certain.”
“Yeah, a singular expertise,” Kane added. “However, yeah, I used to be simply grateful that he simply invited me all the way down to play, for certain.”
Trump, who turned 80 in June, has lengthy confronted accusations of dishonest at golf, together with from sportswriter Rick Reilly, who devoted a complete e book to the topic.
Trump praised Kane on Fact Social final week, calling him “a GREAT participant!!!” earlier than later revealing the pair had performed golf collectively.
Kane’s remarks rapidly drew criticism on social media, with some calling them “past embarrassing” and “disappointing.”
The England captain isn’t the primary soccer star to face backlash over an encounter with Trump.
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina’s Lionel Messi have additionally been criticized in latest months following visits to the White Home and photograph ops with the president.
If England finally ends up defeating Messi’s reigning champions Argentina after which goes on to win the World Cup towards both Spain or France, Trump will hand Kane the trophy.