White House says Donald Trump will attend World Cup final
Source: The Guardian
Donald Trump will attend Sundays World Cup final between Spain and Argentina, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday.
We look forward to the final match on Sunday, and I know the president looks forward to attending, Leavitt said. This is a fitting conclusion to a tournament that showcased Americas ability to host the world on the grandest stage.
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has said that Trump will hand the World Cup trophy to the winners at New Jersey New York Stadium. Infantino re-iterated those plans in an interview with Swiss outlet Blue Sport this week.
Yes, hopefully well present the trophy together in the final, Infantino said. Thats always been the plan, and thats how its always been done in the past the president of the country where the final is held presents the trophy together with the Fifa president.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/16/donald-trump-attending-world-cup-final
wcmagumba
(7,170 posts)C_U_L8R
(49,707 posts)And Trump can eat it.
Ocelot II
(132,108 posts)WorseDayEver
(61 posts)aeromanKC
(4,027 posts)Historically, this practice is quite rare. I saw two exceptions. One in 1982 and one in 1966.
Lovie777
(24,776 posts)Drum
(10,853 posts)tishaLA
(14,878 posts)fans paid hundreds or thousands of dollars for the match and missed a huge portion of the 1st set because of the security mess. It even started a half hour late because he'd fucked everything up.
Norrrm
(6,314 posts)TomSlick
(13,183 posts)He'll be bored out his little mind.
no_hypocrisy
(55,954 posts)and Trump has to give them the trophy. And he won't be able to take it for himself like last time.
ananda
(35,998 posts)I hope it's Argentina.
maxsolomon
(39,602 posts)OK, probably 50,000 when the losing team's fan leave. Still, the Secret Service has to be freaking out. They know that half of America hates his guts.
It's going to be a security nightmare getting in there - 2-hour lines.
Leavitt left out Canada and Mexico, our CO-HOSTS:
Srkdqltr
(10,259 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(139,536 posts)twodogsbarking
(20,160 posts)WorseDayEver
(61 posts)Botany
(78,481 posts)Trump will be booed unmercifully no matter what and after he his act @ the NATO summit a
Spanish win would be exquisite.
LetMyPeopleVote
(184,998 posts)Tom Dyer
(396 posts)I love that they keep me from sleeping, because there is pure joy in just being alive here and these matches have let me feel the pulse of a nation that feels joy. Remember that?
Dont fuck it up. There isnt a reason to. Just stay away. The world hates you. I want to be kept from sleeping by gloriously happy people who dont now have to navigate an asshole being an asshole.