U.S. President Donald Trump has attended the Super Bowl, Ryder Cup and this year’s NBA Finals during a second term littered with major sports outings, but multiple reports claim that he will swerve arguably the biggest of them all, the first World Cup game for the U.S. men’s national team on Friday.
Trump has been a key figure throughout World Cup preparations. When the U.S. was confirmed as co-host alongside Mexico and Canada during his first term in 2018, the leader of the free world regretfully predicted: “I won’t be here.”
