U.S. president Donald Trump quite literally stook centre-stage following the final of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup on July 13.
Trump joined FIFA chief Gianni Infantino in the middle of the MetLife Stadium pitch as Chelsea were crowned world champions following their shock 3-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the final.
He then decided to stand with the players as they lifted the trophy, despite Infantino’s attempts to intervene and some bemused looks on the faces of Cole Palmer and Reece James. There was even a moment where it seemed Trump would try to lift the trophy alongside the Chelsea captain.
Whether he truly wanted to share in the Blues’ moment of glory is not entirely clear, but Trump certainly seems to be a big fan of the Tiffany-designed trophy itself. Indeed, he claims he will be keeping it.
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Did Donald Trump keep the FIFA Club World Cup trophy?
In an interview conducted with DAZN, the global Club World Cup broadcaster, Trump claimed Chelsea were given a replica of the expanded tournament’s new trophy and that he would be keeping the real one in the White House.
It was unveiled at a special event in the Oval Office back in March, at which point it took pride of place on a plinth. Apparently, it will be staying there.
“I said, ‘When are you going to pick up the trophy?’ [They said] ‘We’re never going to pick it up. You can have it forever in the Oval Office. We’re making a new one,'” Trump said. “And they actually made a new one. So, that was quite exciting, but it is in the Oval [Office] right now.”
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— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) July 15, 2025
This is not an entirely irregular thing to see. These days, national teams that win the FIFA World Cup do not keep the real trophy; rather, they are given a replica for things like celebratory tours, while the original returns to the FIFA World Football Museum in Zurich, Switzerland after the tournament ends.
However, allowing the head of state of the host nation to maintain possession of a trophy takes things to a different extreme. And it’s not the only token Trump is said to have received.
Did Donald Trump get a Club World Cup medal?
During the trophy ceremony, Infantino was seen to hand a spare winners’ medal to Trump after the Chelsea players and staff had been presented with theirs. Video footage shows the U.S. president folded up the ribbon and put the medal in his jacket pocket.
FIFA has not commented on whether a medal was intended to be a gift for Trump.
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