President Donald Trump will attend another major sporting event this weekend, announcing at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday that he will attend the FIFA Club World Cup final on Sunday. The match will pit five-time Premier League champion Chelsea against either Paris St. Germain—which won the UEFA Champions League in May—or Spanish side Real Madrid. Trump has made American investment in soccer a focus by forming task forces focused on the Club World Cup and the 2026 World Cup, which the U.S. is co-hosting with Canada and Mexico. FIFA President Gianni Infantino has flexed his friendship with Trump, meeting with the president repeatedly this year and announcing on Tuesday that the organization opened an office in the New York Trump Tower. Infantino’s organization has also lobbied against some of the administration‘s harsher immigration stances to assuage nervous fans traveling to the U.S. to watch the upcoming major tournaments. Trump’s visit to MetLife Stadium for the match on Sunday will be the latest in a string of spectator appearances stretching back to the 2024 campaign, from a UFC match in New Jersey to the Super Bowl in New Orleans. Trump has not said who he will be rooting for on Sunday.
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