Trump, FIFA Club World Cup and Chelsea
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After Donald Trump joined FIFA Club World Cup winners Chelsea on stage with their championship trophy, posts across platforms claimed the English football team digitally altered a photo from the presentation to remove the US president .
After the match, which Trump called “a bit of an upset” in a post-game interview, Trump was asked if he could issue an executive order to rename soccer “football” in the United States. Despite the let-down match, Trump lit up when a reporter suggested penning a new executive order officially renaming soccer “football” in the US.
Sports commentators worry about the “Trumpification” of soccer ahead of next year’s World Cup. Rights groups are concerned about how international fans will be treated.