WATCH: Donald Trump crashes Chelsea's Club World Cup celebrations, players react 'he wanted to stay'

Donald Trump crashes Chelsea's Club World Cup celebrations (Reuters Photo)

In a surprising and hilarious turn of events, a video of Donald Trump crashing Chelsea's Club World Cup celebrations has gone viral from the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, USA. Trump accompanied FIFA chief Gianni Infantino to present Chelsea the trophy after the London club defeated European champions Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in the final.

However, unlike Infantino, Trump refused to walkout of the stage after the trophy was handed to Chelsea skipper Reece James. In fact the captain and the US President were momentarily engaged in a chat before James proceeded with the celebration while Trump stood by his side soaking the experience.

I’m actually dying at this video Chelsea players were waiting for trump to leave but he didn’t pic.twitter.com/al6YszGWaU

— WolfRMFC (@WolfRMFC) July 13, 2025

Trump wanted to celebrate with Chelsea pic.twitter.com/nkmjblJY7n — Football Tweet (@Football__Tweet) July 13, 2025

Love him or hate him, this is legendary. After handing Chelsea the Club World Cup trophy, Trump was supposed to leave the podium. He didn’t. Instead, he stayed up there celebrating with the players, just soaking in the win like one of the squad. You can’t script this. pic.twitter.com/qQvfqxocZV

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James was later asked about his chat with Trump. “To be honest it was quite loud. I couldn't hear too much. He just congratulated me and the team for lifting the trophy and told us to enjoy the moment,” he was quoted as saying by The Independent.

Cole Palmer played a big role in Chelsea's win, scoring twice in eight minutes in the first half. He earned the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament. "I knew he was going to be here but I didn't know he was going to be on the stand when we lifted the trophy. I was a bit confused, yeah," Palmer noted.

Meanwhile, Levi Colwill added: “They told me that he was going to present the trophy and then exit the stage, and I thought that he was going to exit the stage, but he wanted to stay.”