{"id":38252,"date":"2026-08-11T08:34:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T03:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38252"},"modified":"2026-08-11T08:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T03:34:57","slug":"president-trump-warns-fifa-will-pay-a-massive-price-if-it-ousts-chief-gianni-infantino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38252","title":{"rendered":"President Trump warns FIFA will pay a massive price if it ousts chief Gianni Infantino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">President <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_503511\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> is handing out a big red card to FIFA\u2019s bosses, warning soccer\u2019s top execs they\u2019d be out of their minds to dump embattled president Gianni Infantino.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Taking to Truth Social, Trump went to bat for Infantino, who faces an all-out revolt from global soccer leaders after a disastrous scheme to sell off a chunk of the men\u2019s <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_503512\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/soccer\/the-world-cup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup<\/a> to private equity investors.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;FIFA would be making a terrible mistake if, for any reason, they even considered replacing President Gianni Infantino,&#8221; Trump posted.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_503513\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-admin-taunts-left-praying-world-cup-disaster-dot-touts-record-numbers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>TRUMP ADMIN TAUNTS LEFT FOR \u2018PRAYING\u2019 FOR WORLD CUP DISASTER AS DOT TOUTS RECORD NUMBERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;He is fantastic, having just presided over the most successful World Cup, by four times, ever presented. If he is gone, it will never be as successful or profitable again!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Trump has is on the money concerning, well, the money.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/343\/192\/infantino-trump-2-e1762549474225.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/686\/384\/infantino-trump-2-e1762549474225.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/672\/378\/infantino-trump-2-e1762549474225.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1344\/756\/infantino-trump-2-e1762549474225.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1200\/675\/infantino-trump-2-e1762549474225.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump and FIFA president Infantino\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>US President Donald Trump and FIFA president (F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association) Gianni Infantino talk in the Oval office of the White House after signing an executive order for a task force related to the FIFA World Cup, in Washington, DC, on March 7, 2025<\/span> <span>(Jim WATSON \/ AFP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/trump-infantino-presser-71726.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/trump-infantino-presser-71726.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/trump-infantino-presser-71726.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/trump-infantino-presser-71726.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/trump-infantino-presser-71726.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Donald Trump speaks alongside Gianni Infantino at a reception.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>President Donald Trump speaks alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino at a FIFA reception at Trump Tower in New York City on July 17, 2026.<\/span> <span>(Andrew Harnik\/Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_503514\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-admin-taunts-left-praying-world-cup-disaster-dot-touts-record-numbers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">2026 World Cup<\/a> across America was a total monster as it <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_503515\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fbi-boss-kash-patel-details-how-agency-partners-secured-record-shattering-fifa-world-cup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">packed stadiums<\/a> and smashed revenue records. Say what you want, but nobody puts on a sports spectacle quite like the USA.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Yet the president&#8217;s defense comes as Infantino\u2019s internal trouble reaches a boiling point.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_503516\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/european-soccer-governing-body-flips-sport-upside-down-boycott-fifa-future-world-cups\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>EUROPEAN SOCCER&#8217;S GOVERNING BODY FLIPS SPORT UPSIDE DOWN WITH BOYCOTT OF FIFA, FUTURE WORLD CUPS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The Swiss-Italian soccer boss ignited a firestorm by proposing a commercial entity dubbed FIFA Forward Enterprise, which would sell private investors a 20% stake in <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_503517\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/scandals\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup commercial rights<\/a> for a $4.2 billion payday.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">For that, Infantino got slammed.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Soccer&#8217;s power brokers wanted no part of it. Leaders across Europe, Asia and North America rejected the deal, accusing Infantino of trying to quietly sell off the sport&#8217;s crown jewels. He quickly scrapped the proposal and apologized, but the revolt was already rolling.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">UEFA, the AFC and CONCACAF then unloaded on <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_503518\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/uefa-issues-blistering-statement-fifa-folarin-balogun-decision\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the FIFA boss<\/a>, accusing him of deception and abandoning his duty. European leaders have even floated a boycott of FIFA events, while execs behind closed doors are plotting rival tournaments that could leave Infantino on the outside looking in before the next election cycle.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_503519\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/fifa-let-trump-world-cup-trophy-winning-captain-metlife-stadium\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>FIFA REPORTEDLY WILLING TO LET TRUMP HAND WORLD CUP TROPHY TO WINNING CAPTAIN AT METLIFE STADIUM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Then there\u2019s the Trump factor.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Could Infantino\u2019s close relationship with the president be adding even more fuel to the revolt?<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/343\/192\/102615-Soccer-UEFA-Gianni-Infantino-52644aa2064a0510VgnVCM100000d7c1a8c0____.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/686\/384\/102615-Soccer-UEFA-Gianni-Infantino-52644aa2064a0510VgnVCM100000d7c1a8c0____.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/672\/378\/102615-Soccer-UEFA-Gianni-Infantino-52644aa2064a0510VgnVCM100000d7c1a8c0____.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1344\/756\/102615-Soccer-UEFA-Gianni-Infantino-52644aa2064a0510VgnVCM100000d7c1a8c0____.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1200\/675\/102615-Soccer-UEFA-Gianni-Infantino-52644aa2064a0510VgnVCM100000d7c1a8c0____.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino gives a press conference following a UEFA Executive meeting on October 15, 2015 at the European football's governing body headquarters in Nyon. UEFA President Michel Platini will get a strong indication of the level of support from the organisation he heads after he was suspended for 90 days by FIFA's ethics committee looking into corruption at the global football body. AFP PHOTO \/ FABRICE COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI\/AFP\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino gives a press conference following a UEFA Executive meeting on October 15, 2015 at the European football&#8217;s governing body headquarters in Nyon. UEFA President Michel Platini will get a strong indication of the level of support from the organisation he heads after he was suspended for 90 days by FIFA&#8217;s ethics committee looking into corruption at the global football body. AFP PHOTO \/ FABRICE COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/span> <!----><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Trump, who was firmly in <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_503520\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/fifa-president-addresses-trump-call-amid-scrutiny-decision-usa-world-cup-star\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Infantino\u2019s corner<\/a> throughout the World Cup, clearly sees the fight through a dollars-and-cents lens.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Whether Infantino survives the red cards flying from every direction remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">But Trump has picked his side \u2014 and he\u2019s warning FIFA that dumping Infantino could come with one hell of a price tag.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Send us your thoughts: <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_503522\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/mailto:alejandro.avila@outkick.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">alejandro.avila@outkick.com<\/a> \/ Follow along on X: @<a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_503523\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlejandroAveela\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">alejandroaveela<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Alejandro Avila is a longtime writer at OutKick, living in Southern California.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump is handing out a big red card to FIFA\u2019s bosses, warning soccer\u2019s top execs they\u2019d be out of their minds to dump embattled president Gianni Infantino. 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