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Trump Opens First White House FIFA Task Force Meeting Ahead of Club World Cup and 2026 World Cup

May 7, 2025 · The White House · 0:01:03

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What happened

President Trump opened the first meeting of the White House FIFA Task Force in a video published May 7, 2025. Trump said that in his first term he negotiated the return of the World Cup to America, and that in his second term he will have the honor of hosting it, the first president in more than thirty years to do so, as he stated it.

Trump said that starting in June the United States would host the 2025 Club World Cup and that the following summer it would host the official 2026 World Cup tournament. He said America will welcome the world and that visitors will see the best of the United States in both athletic competition and hospitality, predicted the event would stand the test of time as the world’s greatest sporting event, and emphasized that great events require great planning starting well over a year in advance.

Why it matters

The task force launch marks the federal government’s formal planning start for back-to-back FIFA tournaments on U.S. soil, a logistics and security undertaking the administration treats as a national showcase.

Sources: The White House, “The White House FIFA Task Force, May 6, 2025”, 2025-05-07 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-05-07). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.