Trump demands another World Cup in United States ‘immediately’

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The Independent

19 July 2026

Donald Trump

has declared that the

World Cup

should return to the United States “immediately” and claimed he would ask

Fifa

president

Gianni Infantino

to help stage another tournament during his presidency.

The hosting rights for next two

have already been decided. The 2030 edition will take place in Morocco, Portugal and

Spain

, following opening matches in

Argentina

, Paraguay and Uruguay to mark the tournament’s centenary, while the 2034 tournament will be held in Saudi Arabia.

Fifa’s rules for its

bidding process prevents countries belonging to confederations that hosted the two preceding tournaments to host the next one, which means the United States are not eligible until 2038.

Trump, who will be attending his first match of this summer’s tournament at Sunday’s final between

and

and will present the winning team with the trophy, said in a pre-match interview with

Fox Sports

that he had a “great idea” for Infantino to host the

in the United States again.

He claimed that demand for the

resulted in matches “overflowing” with fans. According to Fifa’s figures, the inaugural 48-team

, held across 16 cities in the United States, Mexico and Canada, had an overall attendance of 6.6 million, more than the two previous World Cups combined.

“Based on the numbers we will be requesting it immediately,” Trump said, while acknowledging there would be “shock” and “anger” at such a decision. “We have to do this again, and we have to do this again while I am around, hear that Gianni?”

(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump also predicated that

would beat

in Sunday’s final and would successfully defend their

title, adding that “it’s hard to bet against Messi”.

The US president’s relationship with Infantino was one of the many controversies

to cloud the build up to this World Cup

, along with ticket prices, visa issues and the ongoing war with Iran, a competing nation, during the tournament.

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