Trump joins Chelsea for Membership World Cup celebration

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President Trump joined the English soccer membership Chelsea on Sunday on the sector to have a good time its victory within the 2025 FIFA Membership World Cup at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium.

The president stood alongside the crew as a participant held the trophy aloft after a 3-0 win over France’s Paris Saint-Germain. The White Home posted a photograph of the second on the social platform X on Sunday.

Trump watched the sport from a skybox, the place he was reportedly joined by Lawyer Basic Pam Bondi, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem, NFL legend Tom Brady, conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch and FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

Sunday marked precisely a yr since Trump was shot within the ear at a marketing campaign occasion in Butler, Pa.

“It was an upset immediately I assume,” Trump instructed reporters after flying again to Washington following Chelsea’s victory. “But it surely was an incredible match.”

The Related Press reported that Trump and first girl Melania Trump had been greeted with cheers as they arrived on the stadium, however that Trump obtained a smattering of boos when he was briefly proven on the stadium’s mega-screen.

MetLife Stadium is ready to host the World Cup subsequent yr.

FIFA, the worldwide soccer group, opened an workplace at New York’s Trump Tower previous to the Membership World Cup last. Infantino revealed the trophy whereas at Trump Tower on Tuesday, the place he was joined by Trump’s son Eric Trump and ex-Brazilian soccer participant Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima.

“A giant due to United States President @realdonaldtrump, @erictrump, in addition to the @whtaskforcefifa for all of your assist of the continued FIFA Membership World Cup, which is uniting the world in peace, happiness, and pleasure. I additionally thank all attending FIFA Council members and FIFA Legends in your time immediately,” Infantino mentioned Tuesday on Instagram.

“As New York turns into the capital of world soccer over this week once we will crown the one official FIFA membership world champions, and subsequent yr for the FIFA World Cup, I'm delighted we shall be current to serve our recreation from this world metropolis,” he added.