Trump names Andrew Giuliani, son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, to FIFA World Cup task force

Andrew Giuliani, the lad of erstwhile New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, was appointed enforcement manager of the White House task unit for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Tuesday. 

President Donald Trump made the announcement successful a TruthSocial station Tuesday aft holding the archetypal authoritative gathering with the task force. Members of his furniture and FIFA President Gianni Infantino were besides successful attendance. 

President Donald Trump speaks during a FIFA task unit gathering successful the East Room of the White House Tuesday, May 6, 2025, successful Washington.  (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

"I americium arrogant to denote the assignment of Andrew Giuliani arsenic the Executive Director of the President’s Task Force connected the 2026 FIFA World Cup," Trump’s announcement said. 

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"During my First Term, Andrew served arsenic a Special Assistant to the President and Associate Director of the Office of Public Liaison, playing a cardinal relation successful creating the strategy that enabled athletes from astir the World to re-enter the United States during the Reopening of America successful 2020."

In March, Trump signed an enforcement bid establishing the task unit for the soccer tournament, which volition beryllium hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Trump volition service arsenic the seat of the task force, portion Vice President JD Vance volition service arsenic the vice chair. As the enforcement director, Giuliani volition beryllium tasked with managing and overseeing regular operations. 

Speaking to members of the property aft the meeting, Trump praised Giuliani and his father, calling the second the "greatest" politician successful New York’s history. 

Andrew Giuliani extracurricular the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse for the Donald Trump hush wealth proceedings May 30, 2024, successful New York City. (James Devaney/GC Images)

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"He’s going to beryllium great. I’ve known him for a agelong time. He’s a highly competitory golfer, truly good. He’s besides a highly competitory person, and helium loves what we’re doing. I privation to congratulate you and your household and your father, your large begetter who is the top politician successful the past of New York," Trump said, jokingly adding, "It’s a large post. You amended bash well, Andrew." 

Trump besides announced Tuesday that Carlos Cordeiro, a FIFA elder advisor, volition service arsenic a elder advisor connected the task force. 

"I cognize Andrew and Carlos volition enactment tirelessly to marque the 2026 FIFA World Cup an unprecedented success." 

President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino speech successful the Oval bureau of the White House aft signing an enforcement bid for a task unit related to the FIFA World Cup successful Washington, D.C., March 7, 2025 (Jim Watson/AFP)

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Expected to beryllium 1 of the largest planetary sporting events, the World Cup's big cities are anticipating astir fractional a cardinal visitors with a imaginable economical interaction of up to $480 cardinal that volition payment the tourism, hospitality and retail industries. 

The planetary tournament, spanning North America, volition statesman successful June 2026 and is the archetypal World Cup successful much than 2 decades to instrumentality spot successful aggregate countries. The bulk of games volition instrumentality spot successful the U.S. successful Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Kansas City, Atlanta, Miami, Boston, Philadelphia and East Rutherford, New Jersey. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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