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BumRushDaShow

(156,486 posts) Mon Jul 14, 2025, 07:30 AM Monday

Trump awards Chelsea the Club World Cup trophy amid boos, that one awkward moment

Source: USA Today

Updated July 13, 2025, 9:33 p.m. ET

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — President Donald Trump participated in the FIFA Club World Cup award ceremony after Chelsea beat Paris Saint-Germain, 3-0, in Sunday's final. He joined FIFA president Gianni Infantino on the pitch at MetLife Stadium, where fans audibly booed before he stood and waved to the crowd.

The President and First Lady left their box suite at 5:27 p.m. ET, according to the White House pool report. Trump and Infantino walked onto the pitch 15 minutes later, "appeared on the jumbotron, and were booed again. There was also some applause, whistling and cheering. The music in the stadium then drowned the boos."

Trump was second in line behind Infantino to congratulate players and coaches after the match. He shook players’ hands, giving some a pat on the back as they walked by him on stage. He handed PSG's Désiré Doué the young player of the tournament award, Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sánchez the golden glove and Cole Palmer the golden ball for MVP of the match. Palmer scored the first two of Chelsea's three goals.

Trump then put medals around the necks of all the referees for the match. The fans booed louder when Trump and Infantino posed with the referees for a photo.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2025/07/13/trump-booed-chelsea-fifa-club-world-cup-trophy-celebration/85137741007/

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Trump awards Chelsea the Club World Cup trophy amid boos, that one awkward moment (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Monday OP

The fans weren't booing Chelsea, they were booing Chump loudly FakeNoose Monday #1

Trump hasn't been very supportive of the US Women's National Team (USWNT), he's been downright nasty. sop Monday #2

All I wanted to read was.... Brainfodder Monday #3

They should have kept the boos up the entire time he was there. Let's get organized. twodogsbarking Monday #4

Trump takes part in Club World Cup ceremony, stays front and center for Chelsea's trophy lift LetMyPeopleVote Monday #5

Trump will be standing next to the gold medal winners on the podium during the presentations at the next olympics. sop Monday #6

he'll be standing with his nobel et tu Monday #7

Trump is so selfish that he can not even give the winners their day of honor and glory. riversedge Monday #12

They'd better have counted the gold trophies and medals before TACO left. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Monday #8

All that hard work practicing and playing and then you get an award from Trump. Second place would be better. twodogsbarking Monday #9

At least for second place you'd take home the REAL trophy, and not a replica. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Monday #14

Tomorrow Trump will try and deport them all. twodogsbarking Monday #10

Chelsea photoshopped trump out of their official trophy raising photo LetMyPeopleVote Monday #11

Has Trump said that it is ok to shoot people who boo him? twodogsbarking Monday #13

FakeNoose

(37,815 posts)

1. The fans weren't booing Chelsea, they were booing Chump loudly

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 07:35 AM

Monday

Don't worry, Chump will have them all thrown out of the country today.

sop

(15,158 posts)

2. Trump hasn't been very supportive of the US Women's National Team (USWNT), he's been downright nasty.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 07:54 AM

Monday

Trump criticized the USWNT's bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics, complaining they should have won the gold, blaming their loss on "wokeness" and calling the team a "radical group of Leftist Maniacs." Trump specifically attacked Megan Rapinoe, referring to her as "the woman with the purple hair," saying she "played terribly" and spent too much time thinking about "Radical Left politics" instead of her job.

Brainfodder

(7,519 posts)

3. All I wanted to read was....

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 08:08 AM

Monday

That he wasn't even invited.

twodogsbarking

(14,357 posts)

4. They should have kept the boos up the entire time he was there. Let's get organized.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 08:35 AM

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LetMyPeopleVote

(166,210 posts)

5. Trump takes part in Club World Cup ceremony, stays front and center for Chelsea's trophy lift

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 09:07 AM

Monday

Everything has to be about trump. trump would NOT leave the stage

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Trump, who was booed by a significant number of fans here at MetLife Stadium as he walked onstage for the postgame ceremony, initially carried the trophy to James alongside FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

Then, in a departure from previous soccer tournaments, Trump remained standing next to James. After a brief exchange of words between the two and Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez — and with others, including Cole Palmer, confused behind them — James lifted the trophy with Trump still front and center, and Infantino a few places away.

"Before, they told me he was going to present the trophy, and then exit the stage," James said of Trump afterward. "I thought that he was gonna exit the stage. But I think he wanted to stay."

Palmer, speaking at a postgame news conference, said: "I knew [Trump] was going to be here, but I didn't know he was going to be on the stand where we lift the trophy, so I was a bit confused."

Trump clapped and smiled, then hugged and shook hands with Infantino, as Chelsea players jumped up and down. The two presidents then moved to the back of the stage, and eventually exited, as Chelsea players lifted the trophy again and again, with a fireworks show continuing behind them.

It is standard for the head of state of a World Cup host country to be involved in trophy presentations. But typically, they give victorious players the stage to themselves for the trophy lift.

sop

(15,158 posts)

6. Trump will be standing next to the gold medal winners on the podium during the presentations at the next olympics.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 09:36 AM

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et tu

(2,338 posts)

7. he'll be standing with his nobel

Reply to sop (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 10:22 AM

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'pieces' medal, real gold of course
because they just can't find the
right paint and super sized too, so
that he is always the center of attention.
little does he realise- maga peeps are
waking up, finally!!!!!

riversedge

(76,548 posts)

12. Trump is so selfish that he can not even give the winners their day of honor and glory.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 04:56 PM

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LastLiberal in PalmSprings

(13,210 posts)

8. They'd better have counted the gold trophies and medals before TACO left.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 10:46 AM

Monday

Also any gold wedding rings and jewelry.

We are all familiar with his obsession with all things gold (or are painted to fooling him to believe they"re gold). Anything that's not nailed down belongs to him, he thinks, because he thinks everything belongs to him.

My biggest fright during Mush's term at DOGE was when Felon 47 said he and the chainsaw murderer were going to go to Fort Knox to "look at the gold and make sure it's there."