Trump Jokes About Executive Order To Call Soccer 'football' In Us, Names Greatest Player Of All Time

President Donald Trump was successful attendance astatine MetLife Stadium successful New Jersey to watch Chelsea triumph nan FIFA Club World Cup complete Paris Saint-Germain connected Sunday afternoon.

Trump saw Chelsea triumph nan lucifer 3-0, and a subsequent scuffle erstwhile nan last whistle blew. He besides handed retired awards and medals to participating players and referees erstwhile nan particulate settled.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

President Donald Trump is pictured astatine nan conclusion of nan Club World Cup last shot lucifer betwixt Chelsea and PSG astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, connected Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

In betwixt each of that, Trump said to DAZN’s Emily Austin and praised FIFA president Gianni Infantino for putting nan Club World Cup together successful nan U.S. 1 twelvemonth earlier nan World Cup takes spot successful North America.

"It’s a large thing," Trump said. "And, you know, Gianni is simply a friend of mine. He has done specified a awesome occupation pinch nan convention and pinch soccer, aliases they would telephone it football, but I conjecture we telephone it soccer. I americium not judge that alteration tin beryllium made very easily, but it is awesome to watch and this is simply a small spot of an upset that we are watching today, isn’t it? So far, it is incredible."

Trump joked he whitethorn beryllium capable to motion an executive bid to officially telephone soccer, "football," successful nan U.S.

"I deliberation we tin do that, I deliberation we tin do that," he said.

President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino coming Chelsea's Cole Palmer pinch nan aureate shot trophy aft Chelsea won nan Club World Cup last astatine MetLife Stadium, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)

TRUMP APPEARS AT FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP FINAL ON ANNIVERSARY OF PENNSYLVANIA ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

He was besides asked astir who he thought nan top shot subordinate of each clip was.

Trump reached backmost into nan days of nan New York Cosmos to springiness praise to Pelé.

"Many years agone erstwhile I was young, they brought a subordinate named Pelé to play and he played for a squad called nan Cosmos… this spot was packed. It was an earlier type of this stadium correct present successful nan Meadowlands and it was Pelé," Trump said. "I don’t want to day myself, but that was a agelong clip ago. I was a young feline and I came to watch Pelé and he was fantastic, and truthful I would opportunity I will astir apt spell old-fashioned. That’s for illustration saying Babe Ruth, but I would opportunity Pelé was truthful great."

Pelé is often considered nan top shot subordinate of each time. The Brazilian scored 569 goals successful 583 appearances for Santos successful Brazil.

Pele celebrates aft winning nan World Cup lucifer betwixt Brazil and Italy connected June 21, 1970, successful Mexico. (Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

He joined nan Cosmos successful 1975 for nan upstart North American Soccer League. He made 64 appearances for nan Cosmos until 1977. He scored 37 goals.

Fox News' Connor McGahan contributed to this report.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports sum connected X and subscribe to nan Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.