President Trump, holding a replica of the men’s World Cup, with Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, in the Oval Office in August. Mr. Trump later asked to keep the trophy.
Gianni Infantino, head of soccer’s governing body, FIFA, has lauded President Trump at almost every opportunity, even starting a FIFA Peace Prize after Mr. Trump didn’t win the Nobel. Luke Broadwater, a White House reporter, describes the bromance.