What Donald Trump Told Chelsea Players after Club World Cup Win Emerges
- The exchange between Donald Trump and Chelsea players during the Club World Cup trophy lift has now been revealed
- The US president hilariously refused to leave the podium, with Reece James forced to lift the trophy alongside him
- A Cole Palmer brace and assist inspired the Blues to a shocking 3-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain
United States President Donald Trump had an eventful day on Sunday, July 13, when he attended the FIFA Club World Cup final at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
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Trump arrived on Marine One flanked by his wife, Melania Trump, shortly before the game pitting Chelsea against Paris Saint-Germain.
Donald Trump at FIFA Club World Cup
He watched the first half in the VIP section with FIFA president Gianni Infantino, conducted a DAZN interview at halftime, before watching the remainder of the game.
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Chelsea won the game 3-0 thanks to two goals from Cole Palmer and another one from new signing Joao Pedro.
After the game, Trump and Infantino made their way to the centre of the pitch to present the awards, medals and trophy.
The owners of Chelsea and PSG, Todd Boehly and Nasser Al-Khelaifi, joined the duo amid a heavy deployment of Secret Service agents.
Trump and Infantino jointly gave out the awards, with the latter appearing to introduce the players and coaches to the American leader.
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What did Donald Trump tell Chelsea players?
A lip reader has now revealed what Trump told the players. As he gave Palmer the Player of the Tournament award, he said,
"Chelsea's biggest fan. I'm a big fan of you. So well done you," according to lip-reading expert Jeremy Freeman via Mail Sport.
During the trophy lift, Reece James was handed the unique trophy, but only Infantino left the podium.
Trump remained there, much to the confusion of the Chelsea stars. Infantino was spotted trying to do his best to get the US president to move, but he remained adamant about remaining on the podium.
Freeman has now revealed that James asked Trump for permission to lift the trophy, 'Can I lift it?' to which he responded, 'Oh, we can, good.'
Palmer was bemused at Trump's continued presence and appeared to stop James with Freeman saying the Chelsea number 10 said, 'No, no, just wait, wait…wait…wait.'
On Trump's left, Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez appeared to beg Trump to lift the trophy with them.
"Please, Sir. Want us to lift the trophy next to you?" according to Freeman.
After Trump seemingly gave his approval, Sanchez turned to his captain and urged him to lift it as the beaming US President looked on.
What Cole Palmer said about Donald Trump
In a related report, Palmer admitted he was confused by Trump gatecrashing Chelsea's trophy lift after the Club World Cup win.
Trump refused to cede his ground after handing over the trophy to James and waited until the Blues captain had lifted it.
Trump revelled in the success FIFA under Infantino had achieved with the competition ahead of next year's World Cup.
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