President Donald Trump welcomed FIFA boss Gianni Infantino to the White House on Tuesday, congratulating football's governing body for awarding the 2026 World Cup to North America before jokingly waving a red card at journalists.
"I very much appreciate the fact that we have won a very important event, the World Cup in 2026," said Trump, who had backed the joint USA-Mexico-Canada bid which triumphed over Morocco at a vote in Moscow on June.
Trump meanwhile revealed that his 12-year-old son Barron was a keen football fan while describing the World Cup as "maybe the biggest sporting event in the world."
"But over here, maybe at some point they'll change the name, I'm not sure. But we'll see. It's working very well either way."
"Because I know they'd love to see that. If they don't extend the term, the media is going to be very boring, they'll all be out of business I guess."
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