President Donald Trump is set to present the World Cup trophy to the winner of Sunday’s final between Argentina and Spain. However, he believes the real victor of football's premier tournament might just be the United States. “It turned out we were a soccer country, and I think it's going to remain,” Trump stated on Friday at a FIFA reception at Trump Tower in New York City. “This has really brought the world together.”
For the White House, Sunday’s match marks the culmination of over a year of navigating numerous logistical challenges alongside co-hosts Canada and Mexico for what could be the largest World Cup in history. This effort required balancing the Trump administration’s stringent migration policies, which had restricted entry for fans from some World Cup qualifier countries into the United States.
