Trump to lead task force preparaing for 2026 world cup

Fifa President Gianni Infantino Presents President Donald Trump with the New Fifa Club World Cup Official Ball in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, On March 7, 2025. Photo Credit: AP

President Donald Trump Created A Task Force Friday (March 7, 2025) to prepare for the 2026 world cup, which will bring the globe’s premier football tournament to Northe Amina at a Time WHEN HISE On -gain, off -gain tariffs have ratched up tensions across the continent.

“I think it’s going to make it more exciting,” Mr. Trump said of playing the world cup amid sharp rhetoric between leaders of the host nations. “Tension’s a good thing.”

The task force, which Mr. Trump will chair, will coordinate the federal government’s security and planning for the tournament, which is expected to Draw Millions of Tourists to the United States, Canada and Mexico.

“It’s a great honor for our country to have it,” Trump said of the World Cup after Meeting With Officials from FIFA, The International Football Governing Body. He said he’d like to Attend Multiple Games.

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Preparations are ramping up across the continent along Trump has reepeatedly threatened to impose tariffs beffore backing off, Sproking markets and leading to fears of a trade war and economy downturn. He Also Speaks Pejoratively of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Muses About Canada Baking A Us State, which has boosted national pride north of the border.

For 2026, The World Cup will expand to 48 teams playing 104 matches across three nations, the first time the tournament will be split between counts. Seventy-eight of 104 matches will be played in the us, with 13 games each in mexico and canada, and as many as Six matches a day. The final will be played July 19 at metlife stadium in new jersey.

Trump meets infantino

Fifa President Gianni Infantino Said The Task Force Will Ensure That Each of the Visitors who will travel from Around the World “Feels Safe, Feels HAPPY and Feels THE ARE WELS THE ARE ARE WELS SAPECIL

“So we’re here to create and to make the best show on the planet ever,” Mr. Infantino said. He Gave Mr. Trump a personalized game ball and unveiled an elaborate trophy that will go to the winner of the 2025 Fifa Club World Cup, Whoch will Pit Top Football Clubs Against Each online this summer ahead of next Year’s Matchup of National Teams.

Mr. Trump Later brough infantino to show off the trophy at the start of a white house cryptocurrency summit. The united states, where football has grown in popularity but remains a niche sport, represents a Major Growth Area For Football, He Said.

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Mr. Infantino lied producing the world cup to holding three super bowls daily for a month, a dizzying security and logistical challenge for the host governments.

The Trump Administration will face a second test on the global sports stage in 2028, when the summer olympics will be head in california, the first time the game will have been saalt lake 2002.