White House says Donald Trump will attend World Cup final

[groundloop]

Source: The Guardian

Donald Trump will attend Sunday’s World Cup final between Spain and Argentina, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday.

“We look forward ⁠to the final match on Sunday, ​and I know ‌the president ‌looks forward to attending,” Leavitt said. “This is a fitting conclusion to a tournament that showcased America’s ability to host the world on the grandest stage.”

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has said that Trump will hand the World Cup trophy to the winners at New Jersey New York Stadium. Infantino re-iterated those plans in an interview with Swiss outlet Blue Sport this week.

“Yes, hopefully we’ll present the trophy together in the final,” Infantino said. “That’s always been the plan, and that’s how it’s always been done in the past – the president of the country where the final is held presents the trophy together with the Fifa president.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/16/donald-trump-attending-world-cup-final

[wcmagumba]

1. Pretty much ruins that event for me...

[Haggard Celine]

29. Oh, he'll fuck it up somehow. He excels at that.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Spain will gladly accept the award.

And Trump can eat it.

[Ocelot II]

3. I hope Spain wins. Trump has a bug up his ass about Spain.

[WorseDayEver]

16. Spain said FUCK YOU TRUMP publicly so he would know a WHOLE country wants him dead

[sdfernando]

32. And they should do the dance like Belgium did

right on the dais as they are being presented the trophy....Viva España

[peppertree]

51. Right-wing Spaniards adore the Orange Blob though - such is their hatred of PM Pedro Sanchez

Yes - these are mostly franquistas, or their progeny.

The same people who - to this day - detest democracy, and will gladly tell you (after a stiff Jerez or two) "how much better things were under Franco - ¡joder!"

[SunSeeker]

24. Lately, every team Trump has come out to support has lost the game he attended.

So that’s good news for Spain!

[aeromanKC]

4. Leavitt lies!! ("and that's how it's always been done in the past")

Historically, this practice is quite rare. I saw two exceptions. One in 1982 and one in 1966.

[lastlib]

22. Why we call her "Karo-Lyin' Leavitt" n/t

[FakeNoose]

40. I hope the announcers point this out - that it's completely unconventional

They're doing this for Chump only ...

[Lovie777]

5. Turning it to shit......

[Drum]

6. That will make for a hellish security situation...the losers of course will be the crowd.

[tishaLA]

9. He ruined the US Open men's (tennis) final last year

fans paid hundreds or thousands of dollars for the match and missed a huge portion of the 1st set because of the security mess. It even started a half hour late because he'd fucked everything up.

[Norrrm]

7. They will wake him up for the presentation.

[TomSlick]

13. He will be asleep within the first ten minutes.

He'll be bored out his little mind.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. I can easily imagine the sneers on the faces of the Spanish team if/when they win

and Trump has to give them the trophy. And he won't be able to take it for himself like last time.

[ananda]

10. Whoever he roots for will lose!

I hope it's Argentina.

[peppertree]

41. Argentines are genuinely concerned about that very thing

Trump is widely seen in Argentina (and everywhere else) as a yetattore (pron. jetta-toreh) - someone who rubs off bad luck on anyone they touch (or, in this case, root for).

His smelly little pal Milei is not attending the final for that very reason: his countrymen see him exactly the same way, and he dare not risk attending only to have them lose - as he'd be surely blamed.

Argentines - who have their fair share of superstitions - believe that one of the ways you can become a yetattore, is by making a pact with the Devil (which might bring you success - but reflect the bad energies onto everyone else around you).

That definitely sounds like Cheeto and Milei.

[ananda]

43. Very interesting.

Maxwell Smart couldn't have said it better.

[peppertree]

46. Sure! For many Argentines, it brings back painful memories of 1990...

One of the worst years in Argentine history already, it was made all the worse by the scandalous (some say, fixed) loss at that year's World Cup final against Germany.

The referee rained foul calls, free kicks, and yellow and red cards against Argentina - while reliably turning a blind eye to numerous German fouls and other violations.

But for Argentines, there was another factor: the unexpected presence of then-President Carlos Menem at that final.

Menem, who already had quite the reputation as a yetattore to begin with (including an incident at that very World Cup, in which he patted the goalie on the knee - only to have the guy suffer a leg fracture the very next game), had announced he was not attending the final for that very reason.

And then, surreptitiously, he did.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Argentines are like baseball fans when it comes to their soccer superstitions you see. They take these things very seriously.

[maxsolomon]

11. MFer is going on the field at MetLife after the game when there's 80,000 people in the stands?

OK, probably 50,000 when the losing team's fan leave. Still, the Secret Service has to be freaking out. They know that half of America hates his guts.

It's going to be a security nightmare getting in there - 2-hour lines.

Leavitt left out Canada and Mexico, our CO-HOSTS:

“This is a fitting conclusion to a tournament that showcased America’s ability to host the world on the grandest stage.”

[Haggard Celine]

30. I think it's close to 60% who hate him now.

And he's turning more off every day. Everything he's done has been a scandal. I hope we win these midterms in a landslide and can put Trump and his minions on trial after the Democrats take over Congress. He's going to do more and more unbelievable shit. Now I'm reading the news every day just to see how long this shitshow is allowed to continue. He's been smart to cultivate the approval of certain people, like the oil companies, but a man can't keep that office if the majority of the people hate his guts. The government's power comes from us. We give it legitimacy or laugh at it or something in between, but a man who thinks he can effectively govern a country where he is widely despised is a fool.

[maxsolomon]

45. au contraire. 99.9% of America could hate his guts,

he'll be in there until 2029. dem congress or not, he will not be convicted in a senate impeachment trial. ever.

gird your loins. 920 days to go.

[Srkdqltr]

12. He going to f that up too?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. May he get the same abuse he received at the NBA finals

[twodogsbarking]

15. Obscentites will be shouted in dozens of languages.

[WorseDayEver]

17. That audio will be a Keeper

[Botany]

18. If Spain wins it will like Hitler refusing to award Jesse Owens his gold medal.

Trump will be booed unmercifully no matter what and after he his act @ the NATO summit a
Spanish win would be exquisite.

[sarisataka]

28. ?? Hitler did not award any of the medals

let alone refuse to give any out.

[Botany]

38. U. R. right but Jesse Owens winning all those gold medals really pissed Hitler off.

I wonder if Spain wins the World Cup if Trump will present the Trophy to them? He is such
an embarrassment as an American.

[bdamomma]

55. He is

no American, just a Russian asset!!!!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. It is not a question of if trump will be booed but how loud and long will trump be booed

[Tom Dyer]

20. I love that the bar downstairs in Panam is a crazy loud soccer - ftbol bar.

I love that they keep me from sleeping, because there is pure joy in just being alive here and these matches have let me feel the pulse of a nation that feels joy. Remember that?

Don’t fuck it up. There isn’t a reason to. Just stay away. The world hates you. I want to be kept from sleeping by gloriously happy people who don’t now have to navigate an asshole being an asshole.

[iemanja]

21. Go Spain!

Their win would really piss off Trump.

[BidenRocks]

23. There goes the neighborhood!

The winning team should grab the trophy like he grabbed his peace prize medal.
Then hip check him off the stage.

[Figarosmom]

25. He'll try to keep it.

[Grins]

26. Infantino Loves holding Trump's balls in his mouth...

Another reason for the world to hate him

[peppertree]

48. Luckily for Needy Amin...

Though that Lindsey's no longer gracing us with his presence.

[Grins]

27. Will he fall asleep like he did at Knicks game...?

Place your bets….!

[Permanut]

31. The World Cup trophy is 18 carat gold..

Will look fantastic on the fireplace mantel in the White House.

[peppertree]

49. And Argentina's Milei might just let him have it

"Just make sure I'm re-elected, ches?"

"Yea - sure, Hah-vier!"

[sdfernando]

33. I live in Valencia Spain...and this place

along with the rest of the country will be going wild!!!! Doubt I will be able to get into bar to watch.

[rampartd]

34. so we cut off trade to spain because trump and millei are buds?

[pfitz59]

35. I can hear the boos already

what a shit show

[Adeptus2272]

47. Is all about attention...

He does not care. Good attention, bad attention, does not matter. As long as he gets attention.

[Permanut]

56. Bingo.

[live love laugh]

36. Fox already dominated airing games so I didn't watch now this.

Trump will probably take the trophy again m. 🏆 He ruined the 250th, the White House, DC, the economy…. he ruins everything.

T - rump
O - nly
F - ucks
U - p

[Wonder Why]

37. For the first time in history, both teams will lose.

[peppertree]

39. Sad - but true.

If Spain wins, Argentina loses.

But if Argentina wins, Argentina still loses - because that smelly little Chucky doll Milei will shamelessly try to use the win for ads ahead of next year's presidential elections (which polls show he would lose).

He should ask his hardworking (Milei is notoriously lazy) but hapless predecessor Fernández how that went for him 4 years ago.

[travelingthrulife]

42. Proving once again that we do not need his 'secure ballroom'.

[flashman13]

44. This is going to make the NBA playoff shit show look like a walk in the park.

It's all about him. He doesn't care how many people's experience he ruins as long as he gets in front of the camera.

I hope the crowd BOOs him mercilessly.

[peppertree]

50. Sadly - right-wing Argentines are crazy about the Orange Blob (since he props up their beloved Chucky-doll Milei)

And I'd say the Argentine-born fans in MetLife Stadium will probably be 2/3 right-wing (since most of the relatively few Argentines who can afford such a thing are, not surprisingly, right-wing).

Most others - be they Argentina or Spain fans - no doubt detest Jabba-the-Trump though.

[walkingman]

52. I hope when Spain wins they insult the sick US POTUS.

[Midnight Writer]

53. He's just going because he wants to steal the trophy.

[bdamomma]

54. Ban

him from attending!!!!!!! wtf who needs him there?????? Just a negative force to produce more chaos and BOOOO's.

Keep him out!!!!!!! Or will he be whispering sweet nothings in the FIFA's President ear.

[LudwigPastorius]

57. "Trump will hand the World Cup trophy to the winners at New Jersey New York Stadium"

Will he, though?

[mahina]

58. I wonder if his people are pressuring Argentina to give it to him if they win

What a crazy concept- how did we get here?