{"id":130569,"date":"2026-08-11T07:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/trump-backs-gianni-infantino-amid-fifa-crisis\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T07:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T11:16:00","slug":"trump-backs-gianni-infantino-amid-fifa-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/trump-backs-gianni-infantino-amid-fifa-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump backs Gianni Infantino amid FIFA crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Donald Trump supports Gianni Infantino&#8217;s management at the head of FIFA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Former United States President Donald Trump has come to the defense of Gianni Infantino, the current president of FIFA, at a crucial moment when the leader is facing unprecedented pressure. Various international confederations have questioned the direction of the world football governing body, demanding structural changes and greater transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through his digital platform, Trump described any attempt to remove Infantino as a catastrophic mistake. The U.S. president highlighted the organizational success and historic profitability achieved during the 2026 World Cup, held in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, asserting that Infantino&#8217;s continuity is key to maintaining those standards of excellence in future editions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>FIFA would be making a terrible mistake if it considered replacing Infantino. His leadership has been fundamental to the success of the most important events in global football.<\/p>\n<cite>Donald Trump<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The institutional crisis and the rejection of the FFE project<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Tension at FIFA escalated due to the FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) project, a proposal that sought to cede 20% of the World Cup&#8217;s commercial rights to private investors for a sum close to 4.2 billion dollars. The initiative was withdrawn following massive rejection from UEFA, Concacaf, and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lack of prior consultation with member federations.<\/li>\n<li>Demand for an independent review of the project&#8217;s management.<\/li>\n<li>Concern regarding the violation of governance principles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Divisions and alliances in world football<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The current landscape reflects a deep fracture between the confederations. While the United States and Canadian federations have aligned with the critics, Mexico has shown its support for the Italo-Swiss leader. Despite strong opposition in Europe and Asia, Infantino retains solid backing from the African and South American federations, which proves decisive for his tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump&#8217;s intervention adds a political nuance to this dispute, once again questioning the principle of neutrality that should govern the sports organization. With 211 national associations under scrutiny, FIFA&#8217;s future will be defined in the coming months through a power struggle that will test the stability of its current leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump supports Gianni Infantino&#8217;s management at the head of FIFA Former United States President Donald Trump has come to the defense of Gianni Infantino, the current president of FIFA, at a crucial moment when the leader is facing unprecedented pressure. Various international confederations have questioned the direction of the world football governing body, demanding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[957,2127,607,942],"class_list":{"0":"post-130569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-fifa","9":"tag-infantino","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-trump"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}