Donald Trump to present FIFA World Cup trophy to winner, Gianni Infantino reveals

U.S. President Donald Trump will be on hand to present the World Cup ​final trophy on July 19 at New York ‌New Jersey Stadium, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Tuesday. The global soccer boss has fostered an increasingly chummy relationship with ​the U.S. president and in December awarded ​him the inaugural edition of his invented FIFA ⁠Peace Prize, as Trump sought out sport's mega-watt ​spotlight. Infantino announces Trump's presence "We will be together with the president enjoying ​the final and handing the trophy to the winner, of course, together," Infantino said on the "Fox and Friends" television programme.

FIFA ​said it had no comment beyond Infantino's televised ​remarks. Trump was met with boos and cheers when he handed the ‌trophy ⁠to Club World Cup winners Chelsea last year and stood in the middle of the team during their trophy lift, to the confusion of some players, ​in the ​same East Rutherford, ⁠New Jersey, stadium. He has since attended the U.S. Open men's tennis final, the Ryder ​Cup golf and the NBA Finals in the ​greater ⁠New York metropolitan region that he once called home.

The World Cup is underway across the United States, Canada ⁠and ​Mexico, with New York New ​Jersey set to host the final among its eight matches.