Politically outspoken Spanish Oscar winner Javier Bardem on Sunday spoke not only of his pride in Spain’s second World Cup triumph, but also in the way the team’s players handled President Donald Trump during the trophy presentation.
Speaking with Zeteo’s Mehdi Hasan after the game, Bardem suggested Trump “wanted to be in the picture.”
He continued, “But it was great how these players who was looking at him like, ‘No, we have to make the picture without you, and until you leave we’re not taking the picture.’”
Bardem, who is married to Spanish movie star Penélope Cruz, added, “So he had to leave, and I was very proud of that as well.”
Hasan suggested it was “almost like an old people’s home where Infantino had to come guide this elderly doddering, maybe dementia-clad man” in the right direction. Trump’s mental acuity has come under increasing scrutiny in recent months. The president has not been diagnosed with any such condition.
He added, “Although many would argue it was classic, cynical Trump trying to make it all about himself.”