FIFA President Gianni Infantino shows U.S. President Donald Trump the World Cup Trophy in the Oval Office as Vice President JD Vance looks on. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Donald Trump is allotted to talk for three minutes at Friday’s World Cup draw, according to sources with knowledge of the proceedings, but few expect him to actually stick to that.
Even the setting is perhaps a little preview of how the World Cup 2026 itself might function, and who it’s now about. Friday’s draw was originally intended to be in Las Vegas – just like for 1994 – until the Trump administration recommended the Kennedy Centre in Washington, DC. Gianni Infantino’s Fifa duly acquiesced