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\u201cIt turned out we were a soccer country, and I think it\u2019s going to remain,\u201d Trump said Friday at a\u00a0FIFA reception\u00a0at Trump Tower in New York City. \u201cThis has really brought the world together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Spain earns $51 million for World Cup win and runner-up Argentina gets $34 million as total payout for all 48 teams hits record-high $871 million<\/a><\/p>\n

For the White House, Sunday\u2019s match is the culmination of well over a year of navigating a litany of logistical challenges alongside co-hosts Canada and Mexico for what would be the biggest World Cup in history. It had to balance the Trump administration\u2019s hard-line migration policies that\u00a0barred fans from some World Cup qualifier countries\u00a0from entry into the United States.<\/p>\n

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The White House\u00a0faced warnings\u00a0from human rights groups, and the tournament\u00a0confronted backlash\u00a0over high ticket prices. For months, Trump flirted with the idea of\u00a0moving games out of cities\u00a0that did not cooperate with federal immigration authorities, and in the weeks before the tournament\u2019s start, local authorities sparred with FIFA over\u00a0high transit costs, heightening tensions even more.<\/p>\n

As the first games were preparing to begin, the administration continued to find itself under global scrutiny for its visa decisions, such as\u00a0denying entry to a referee from Somalia\u00a0who had won accolades for his officiating. The pressure increased after Trump launched a war with Iran, leaving the administration to grapple with\u00a0an Iranian team\u00a0whose fans and some supporting personnel were\u00a0barred from the U.S,\u00a0and that ultimately was based across the border in Tijuana.<\/p>\n

But the broader story of the World Cup eventually shifted. Social media was flooded with tales of soccer fans from around the world enjoying the treats and traditions of the U.S., from beer to ranch dressing. Some fears about the Trump administration that circulated beforehand, such as the threat of immigration enforcement raids near the games, never materialized.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things that we talked about beforehand was, if we\u2019re talking about what happened on the pitch, then we\u2019ve done our job,\u201d Andrew Giuliani, the executive director of the White House FIFA Task Force, said in an interview with The Associated Press. \u201cBut I think it\u2019s even better than that. We\u2019re not just talking about only the incredible, athletic feats on the pitch, but we\u2019re talking about all these incredible, incredible cultural moments.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Still, Trump did create controversy with a phone call he made to FIFA chief Gianni Infantino earlier this month in which he\u00a0asked for a review\u00a0of a controversial referee call in Team USA\u2019s match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. The referee\u00a0gave a red card\u00a0to U.S. star forward Folarin Balogun, meaning he wouldn\u2019t be able to play in the subsequent match against Belgium.<\/p>\n

Trump says he simply asked Infantino, who has cozied up to the U.S. president and\u00a0faced backlash for doing so, to review the call. FIFA then\u00a0reversed the call,\u00a0and Trump told Infantino at the FIFA reception on Friday that \u201cyou made another great decision, if you think about it,\u201d because it allowed the U.S. to keep a key player on the field even though the team lost the match to Belgium 4-1.<\/p>\n

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Giuliani said the administration had a \u201cduty\u201d to ask questions and raise concerns about the officiating process, which drew scrutiny because of the use of video review and slow-motion replay to issue the red card. He noted that the Trump administration invested billions in federal funding to ensure that the World Cup was \u201cnot just a safe and secure event, not just where we welcomed the world, but an event that was filled with integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Trump administration was under considerable pressure to pull off a successful World Cup tournament because the U.S. will soon host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the 2034 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. is also largely expected to be awarded the 2031 Women\u2019s World Cup, although Giuliani said in the AP interview that part of getting those hosting duties will be \u201censuring that, in fact, women and only women will play in that 2031 Women\u2019s World Cup\u201d \u2014 an allusion to the Trump administration\u2019s fierce opposition to transgender women participating in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n

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Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., a self-professed World Cup superfan whose home state is hosting Sunday\u2019s final, noted that logistics for the tournament have gone mostly smoothly, aside from the occasional hiccups on some issues such as transit to the games.<\/p>\n

But \u201coverall, just the joy that people have, the excitement that they have, has dramatically outweighed\u201d any downsides, Kim said, who has been eagerly watching the games with his two young sons over the last several weeks.<\/p>\n

The U.S. also faced broader tensions with its World Cup co-hosts of Canada and Mexico. Trump announced stiff tariffs on both countries in his return to the White House, and he has chosen not to renew a trade pact among the three countries, setting up a new period of negotiations.<\/p>\n

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On Friday, Trump threatened to tariff Canada over its wildfires, which have hurt air quality in parts of the U.S., including northern New Jersey where the World Cup final is being held. He joked on Friday that FIFA should choose the U.S. for the World Cup soon again, and \u201cthis time, we\u2019ll leave Mexico and Canada out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney plan to attend the final at Trump\u2019s request, in a sign that soccer can overcome some geopolitical tensions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u00a0received an invitation\u00a0from President Trump to attend the World Cup final on Sunday, and I decided to go because it\u2019s a direct invitation from the President of the United States,\u201d Sheinbaum said. \u201cPrime Minister Carney will also be there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump, as is generally customary for heads of state hosting the tournament, will present the trophy to the eventual winner. But he hasn\u2019t tipped his hand publicly about whether he has a preferred team.<\/p>\n

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Spain is a known irritant to Trump, with its\u00a0reticence to meet NATO defense spending goals\u00a0and its refusal to let the U.S. launch strikes against Iran from its bases. Meanwhile, Argentine President Javier Milei is a favorite of the Trump administration, with the U.S. president going as far as to threaten to\u00a0cut aid to the country\u00a0if Milei\u2019s coalition didn\u2019t prevail in legislative elections.<\/p>\n

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez\u00a0plans to attend\u00a0the game, although Milei \u2014\u00a0citing superstition\u00a0\u2014 will stay at home.<\/p>\n

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Kim reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Joey Cappelletti in Washington contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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