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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Jeff Rueter

Donald Trump says he ‘wouldn’t pay’ four figures for World Cup matches

Donald Trump and FIFA president Gianni Infantino hold a large FIFA World Cup final match ticket in an office.
Donald Trump said he hopes those who voted for him will be able to attend World Cup matches. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Donald Trump has questioned the value of four-figure World Cup tickets for matches involving the United States, telling the New York Post that “I wouldn’t pay it either, to be honest.”

The remark came in a phone interview with the Post, with Trump claiming he “did not know that number” for the USMNT’s opening match against Paraguay. In December, Fifa established a base price for Category 3 tickets – the cheapest available to most fans, given the small swathe of Category 4 seats at the tournament – of $1,120, according to the Guardian’s reporting at the time.

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