NEW JERSEY, United States, July 9, 2025 – US president Donald Trump has confirmed he’ll attend Sunday’s Fifa Club World Cup last in New Jersey.
The information got here a day after Fifa, world soccer’s governing physique, introduced it has opened an workplace in New York’s Trump Tower.
The United States is internet hosting the primary version of an expanded Club World Cup and might be a co-host for subsequent 12 months’s World Cup, together with Canada and Mexico.
Chelsea will face both Paris St-Germain or Real Madrid within the Club World Cup last at MetLife Stadium, which will even host subsequent 12 months’s World Cup last.
Trump, who attended the Super Bowl in February, is chair of a taskforce he established to supervise preparations for every event.
Fifa already has an workplace in Miami and having a presence in Trump Tower will strengthen the organisation’s relationship with the US administration.
“We have obtained such a giant help from the federal government and from the president with the White House taskforce for the Fifa Club World Cup and for the Fifa World Cup subsequent 12 months,” mentioned Fifa president Gianni Infantino.
“Fifa is a world organisation and to be world you must be native, you must be in every single place, so we’ve to be in New York.”
Infantino has assured followers they are going to be welcomed to the US, regardless of Trump’s immigration crackdown and a travel ban on 12 international locations.
However, Trump is reportedly contemplating increasing journey restrictions to as many as 36 additional countries., external
Trump has had a better presence in sport throughout his second time period, turning into the primary sitting president to attend a Super Bowl and asserting in May that Washington DC will host the 2027 NFL Draft.
Trump has additionally attended a number of UFC occasions, together with final month’s showcase in New Jersey, and has mentioned the White House will host a UFC event next year.
