Donald Trump on FIFA Iran World Cup

    by Miyutoronto: Donald Trump

    A reporter stated that FIFA has announced Iran will play in the World Cup in the United States. Donald Trump responded that if Gianni Infantino said it, it's fine with him, calling Infantino quite a character.

    Transcript (en)

    And on Iran, a little while ago, the president of FIFA said that when the World Cup is here in the U.S., the team from Iran will be playing in the games. Well, if Johnny said it, I'm okay. Did Johnny say it? He did. What if they win? You know, that's a piece of work. What if they win? Well, if they win, we'll have to worry about that. That's not... I'm going to have to worry about that one. Look, you know what? Let him play well. Johnny's fantastic. You know, he's a friend of mine. and he talked about it and said, you do whatever you want. You can have them. You don't have to have them. Probably have a good team. Do they have a good team? Do you have any idea?