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Infantino’s Yearslong Effort to Woo Trump for the World Cup
9 June 2026 at 10:00
Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president, has unabashedly courted the president’s favor. Soccer officials privately ask, who really benefits?
President Trump with Gianni Infantino, FIFA’s president, at the White House in 2019.
© Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times
