Ronaldo’s sister โLaunches Scathing Defense Amid Criticism of Trump Visit and Saudi Ties
Lisbon, Portugal โค- Kรกtiaโ Aveiro, sister of footballโ superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, has unleashed a blistering rebukeโฃ of critics following โrecent controversy surrounding her brother’s associationsโค with formerโฃ U.S. Presidentโข Donald Trump and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince โฃMohammedโ bin โSalman.โฃ Inโ a lengthy Instagram post, Aveiro vehemently defended Ronaldo againstโ accusations of impropriety, labeling โhis detractors as “hypocrites” andโ drawing a provocativeโ comparison between her brother and Jesus christ.
The backlash stems from Ronaldo’s โคmove to Saudi arabian club Al Nassr, coupled with the Crown Prince’s alleged involvement inโ the 2018 โmurder of journalistโ Jamal Khashoggi. Further โfueling the debate was Ronaldo’sโฃ publicโฃ meeting withโฃ Trump,โข which drew criticism even โwithin his โขnative Portugal. Aveiro’sโ impassioned response underscores โthe intenseโ scrutiny Ronaldo facesโค as his career evolves and his publicโข profile โฃexpands beyond the football pitch.
Aveiro โคasserted that Ronaldo’s success was built solely onโ hard work, โคstating he required “no favors, no parties, no ideologies, no speeches andโ no narratives.” โคShe condemnedโข the โreaction to his visit with Trump as a disproportionate “hysteria,” suggesting it revealed aโ discomfort with Ronaldo’s independence. “It’s surreal, and it’s embarrassing to see certain groups panic, especially in my country,” she wrote. “When Ronaldo does something that doesn’t fit โinto โฃtheir script.”
The post further emphasized what Aveiro perceives as Ronaldo’s unique stature and contributionsโข to Portugal, claimingโ he has “carried Portugal onโข his shoulders for โ20 years.” She then invoked religious imagery, drawing aโ parallel between Ronaldo’s treatment and the betrayal โof Jesus by Judas. “It reminds me of how Christ was โbetrayed by Judas,” Aveiro stated. “My โcountry is regrettably a country like Judas.”
Aveiro concluded by asserting that Ronaldo’s โฃdifference is theโ source of his success, โarguing that he has reached the “top of the world” precisely โฃas he doesn’t conform to societal expectations.”Believe โit or not, things didn’t โฃjust fallโข into his โขlap,” โขsheโ wrote. โ”He โonly made it to theโ top becauseโ he is different.”
