{"id":333810,"date":"2026-07-01T23:21:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/trump-got-15000-in-fifa-tickets-from-gianni-infantino-next-up-presenting-the-world-cup-trophy.html"},"modified":"2026-07-01T23:21:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:21:33","slug":"trump-got-15000-in-fifa-tickets-from-gianni-infantino-next-up-presenting-the-world-cup-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/trump-got-15000-in-fifa-tickets-from-gianni-infantino-next-up-presenting-the-world-cup-trophy.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump got $15,000 in FIFA tickets from Gianni Infantino. Next up: Presenting the World Cup trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the U.S. men’s national soccer team heads into its first World Cup<\/a> knockout match Wednesday night, President Donald Trump<\/a>‘s newly released 2025 financial disclosure<\/a> is putting new focus on his close relationship with FIFA President Gianni Infantino<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The disclosure<\/a> shows Infantino gave Trump 10 tickets, valued at $15,000, to last July’s FIFA Club World Cup<\/a> final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Trump attended the match, where Chelsea<\/a> beat Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> 3-0, joining Infantino on the field to present the trophy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now Trump is expected to return to MetLife Stadium<\/a> on July 19 for a much bigger occasion, Infantino has said. He announced June 23 on Fox News that Trump will help present<\/a> the World Cup trophy to the winner of the final, placing the president at the center of the sport’s most-watched ceremony.<\/p>\n

It comes as Infantino’s ties to Trump are drawing fresh international scrutiny. Fifty members of the European Parliament sent FIFA a letter<\/a> Monday, which Politico reported, urging the organization to address an ethics complaint<\/a> by FairSquare<\/a> over Infantino’s decision to award Trump the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize<\/a> in December 2025. The nonprofit advocacy group focuses on rights issues in global labor migration, political repression and sports.<\/p>\n

The lawmakers said FIFA must prove its commitment to “political neutrality, transparency, and accountability” and urged that FIFA Ethics Committee to act “with the utmost speed and sincerity.”<\/p>\n

Trump received the award during the World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center<\/a> in Washington, where Infantino presented him with a trophy, medal and certificate. A FIFA video praised Trump’s foreign policy efforts before Infantino told Trump on stage that he could “always count<\/a>” on his support, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

There is no evidence that Infantino’s ticket gift affected any U.S. government decision related to the tournament.<\/p>\n

The White House and FIFA did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

The tickets from Infantino were part of a broader pattern of sports access disclosed by Trump. His filing also listed 10 Super Bowl<\/a> tickets valued at $50,000, 10 U.S. Open tennis<\/a> tickets valued at $25,000 and Ryder Cup<\/a> tickets valued at $11,250, among other events.<\/p>\n

Trump reported nearly $120,000 in sports tickets from political allies, team owners, sponsors and sports executives during a year in which he repeatedly used major sporting events as political and cultural stages.<\/p>\n

Article source: https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/07\/01\/trump-fifa-infantino-world-cup-financial-disclosure.html<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the U.S. men’s national soccer team heads into its first World Cup knockout match Wednesday night, President Donald Trump‘s newly released 2025 financial disclosure is putting new focus on his close relationship with FIFA President Gianni Infantino. The disclosure shows Infantino gave Trump 10 tickets, valued at $15,000, to last July’s FIFA Club World […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-333810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political","tag-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}