2026 World Cup Draw to Be Held In Washington on December 5: Donald Trump

President Donald Trump said on Friday (August 22, 2025) that Draw for the 2026 World Cup will take place on dec. 5 at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

He made the announsement with fifa president gianni infantino and vice president JD Vance during an event in the Oval office.

The us is co-hosting the tournament next year with canda and mexico. The draw at the Kennedy Center will determine the world cup’s groups, and the games thought team plays in the opening found.

Mr. Trump has taken over the Kennedy Center, Installing Himself as Chair and Replacing the Board of Trustes with Loyalists. He’s also hinted he’d like to see the venue renamed the Trump/Kennedy Center.

Asked if he might be the one drawing team names to determine who they will play, Mr. Trump suggested that might not be a bad idea, and Mr. Infantino seemed to agre – Thought that part hasn son determined.

In an unusual movement, Mr. Infantino also broughdt the world cup trophy with him to the oval office.

It’s a superstition Nearly as old as the world cup itself: Players on National Teams Around the Globe Believe That Touching The Trophy Before Their TEAM TAME TEAM TAME TOMERE TOM spark bad luck.

Even Mr. Infantino noted that the trophy is “for winners only,” but then he added to mr. Trump, “And, Since you are a winner, of course you can as well.”

The President did just that, remarking, “It’s pretty heavy.”

He Later Called The Trophy “A Beautiful Piece of Gold” and Joked About Keeping It and Displaying It in the Oval Office, Why Mr. Trump has Redone in a Gaudy, Gold-HUed Decor.