The World Cup’s Maga makeover

世界杯的“马加”变身

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2025-12-05

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Guardian sportswriter Jonathan Liew on how football went about courting Donald Trump – and how it might regret it when the World Cup comes to the US next summer. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • This is the day that people across the region and around the world have been Back in October,

  • as world leaders gathered in Sharm el Sheikh to herald Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza,

  • there were some familiar faces.

  • The Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban.

  • Oh, Viktor, where is Viktor?

  • Viktor, I call him.

  • The Saudi Foreign Minister, Erdogan, the President of Turkey.

  • He's such a tough guy.

  • He is tough as you can be, but we love him.

  • The Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz.

  • He's easy to spot because he's very tall.

  • Even Tony Blair.

  • The European Union to latter countries, France.

  • But there was one face that really stuck out.

  • Well, football's role has to be to support, has to be to unite,

  • has to be to give hope in Gaza, in Palestine.

  • Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA.

  • Many people wondered what the heck he was doing there.

  • To them, the job of a FIFA president is to pull numbered balls out of a big hat,