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The United States were selected arsenic co-hosts of nan 2026 World Cup - on pinch Canada and Mexico - during Trump's first word arsenic president
Ben Collins
BBC Sport journalist
US president Donald Trump has confirmed he will be Sunday's Fifa Club World Cup last successful New Jersey.
The news came a time aft Fifa, world football's governing body, announced it has opened an agency successful New York's Trump Tower.
The United States is hosting nan first version of an expanded Club World Cup and will beryllium a co-host for adjacent year's World Cup, on pinch Canada and Mexico.
Chelsea will look either Paris St-Germain aliases Real Madrid successful nan Club World Cup last astatine MetLife Stadium, which will besides big adjacent year's World Cup final.
Trump, who attended nan Super Bowl successful February, is chair of a taskforce he established to oversee preparations for each tournament.
Fifa already has an agency successful Miami and having a beingness successful Trump Tower will fortify nan organisation's narration pinch nan US administration.
"We person received specified a large support from nan authorities and from nan president pinch nan White House taskforce for nan Fifa Club World Cup and for nan Fifa World Cup adjacent year," said Fifa president Gianni Infantino.
"Fifa is simply a world organisation and to beryllium world you person to beryllium local, you person to beryllium everywhere, truthful we person to beryllium successful New York."
Infantino has assured fans they will beryllium welcomed to nan US, contempt Trump's migration crackdown and a travel ban connected 12 countries.
However, Trump is reportedly considering expanding recreation restrictions to arsenic galore arsenic 36 further countries., external
Trump has had a greater beingness successful athletics during his 2nd term, becoming nan first sitting president to be a Super Bowl and announcing successful May that Washington DC will host nan 2027 NFL Draft.
Trump has besides attended respective UFC events, including past month's showcase successful New Jersey, and has said nan White House will big a UFC arena adjacent year.