Well lookie lookie -FIFA opens office in Trump Tower, deepening ties with US presid

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jul/08/fifa-trump-tower-office-new-york-city-world-cup


Fifa’s relationship with the US president, Donald Trump, now has a physically tangible marker, with soccer’s world governing body announcing it has opened an office in Trump Tower in New York City.

The announcement of the new office came on Monday evening, after Fifa placed the Club World Cup trophy on display in the lobby of the skyscraper in an event attended by several Fifa dignitaries including its president, Gianni Infantino, and the Brazilian great Ronaldo as well as Eric Trump, the son of the US president and executive vice-president of the Trump Organization.

“Fifa [is] a global organisation [and] to be global you have to be local, you have to be everywhere, so we have to be in New York,” Infantino said. “Not just for the Fifa Club World Cup this year and the Fifa World Cup next year – we have to be in New York as well when it comes to where our offices are based. Thank you, Eric [Trump], thank you to everyone. Thanks, of course, to president Trump as well.”