Infantino to join Trump on the Middle East tour which forced the FIFA Council to become more virtual

May 8 – FIFA has submitted a council meeting to facilitate trips with Gianni Infantino with US President Donald Trump to Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

First reported by The Athletic, the council, FIFA’s highest decision making agency, will gather on Friday at 16:00 cet online instead of next week, on the night of the FIFA Congress in Asuncion, Paraguay, because of the Middle Eastern trip Infantino. Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar will mark the first foreign visit of the US President in his second term of office.

A convicted criminal, Trump was inaugurated on January 20 when the 47th US President Infantino attended the inauguration in Washington DC since then, the relationship between the two had developed after Infantino was frozen out of the White House during Joe Biden’s term of office. In February, Infantino maintained his relationship with Trump, with the reason that it was “important for the success of the World Cup”.

On Tuesday, Trump, flanked by Infantino held the first meeting of the 2026 World Cup Task Force. Supremo football highlighted the impact of the 48th World Cup team on the US who will host the tournament for the first time in 32 years.

At the end of a public meeting, Trump also praised Infantino, who once again wore a red tie to respect the Republican party: “He is like someone who has just woke up on Christmas morning as a child and see the toy under a tree.”

The toy is a trip to the Middle East, an area that has been the key to the Infantino Presidential. Both Arab Qatar and Saudi have a close relationship with Infantino. The first to host the 2022 World Cup and served as home to FIFA President while Saudi Arabia will hold a 2034 World Cup after the accelerated offering process that has no good transparency and government.

This is the third time in succession who will meet the council online. Under Infantino, most of the councils have become the body that prints rubber. Paying $ 250,000 a year, members rarely raise their votes. The Body Vice President who is also the President of the Confederation received a net annual compensation of $ 300,000.

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