He was the guest who wouldn’t leave.
Trump with FIFA president Gianni Infantino was booed as they both took to the field for the presentation ceremony before Trump attempted to gatecrash Spain’s victory party picture.
Even when Infantino tried to get him to leave the stage, Trump stubbornly refused and stayed in the photos.
At the match, you can hear a sports announcer’s hot mic moment where he says, “They can edit him out of that.”
Viewers seized on the moment. One social media user posted that editing Trump out of the footage was “the best idea I’ve heard yet.”
Another accused him of trying to “upstage and hog the limelight from Spain,” branding him “a colossal embarrassment to America.”
‘Editing Trump OUT is the best idea I’ve heard yet! Let’s just edit him right out of everything! ???? wrote one.
Indeed, that was exactly what Spain did — on al their social media pics they edited Trump out of the frame.
Of course, the trophy ceremony added to a string of awkward 2026 FIFA World Cup incidents involving Donald Trump. Earlier in the tournament, he intervened after Team USA striker Folarin Balogun received a red card by calling Infantino directly which led to a reversal. It received backlash globally.