Exclusive | Trump rips $1,000 World Cup ticket prices, tells The Post: I wouldnt pay it either, to be honest
President Trump blasted sky-high 2026 FIFA World Cup ticket prices in an exclusive interview with The Post, saying even he wouldn’t pony up the $1,000 needed to watch the US play in the team’s opening game against Paraguay next month.In a brief telephone interview late Wednesday, the commander-in-chief reacted with surprise at how much American soccer fans were currently being asked to pay to attend the June 12 match in Los Angeles.“I did not know that number,” President Trump told The Post just hours after FIFA president Gianni Infantino defended the cost of seats for next month’s tournament.“I would certainly like to be there, but I wouldn’t pay it either, to be honest with you.”The Swiss-Italian soccer fat cat joked on Tuesday about resale tickets being sold online for just over $2 million for the final on July 19 at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium — promising to personally deliver “a hot dog and a Coke” to any deep-pocketed fan who shelled out for them.The average cost of a ticket to the final is nearly $13,000, compared to about $1,600 for the 2022 championship.
The cheapest ticket for a game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., is $1,079 on Ticketmaster.But the president appeared to suggest that his administration could put the exorbitant prices under the microscope, expressing concern they could shut out working-class fans that he counts among his base.“I haven’t seen that, but I would have to take a look at it,” said the real estate mogul, who helped secure the tournament for the US during his first term in the White House.“If people from Queens and Brooklyn and all of the people that love Donald Trump can’t go, I would be disappointed, but, you know, at the same time, it’s an amazing success,” he added.“I would like to be able to have the people that voted for me to be able to go.”The president insisted the competition had been a commercial triumph, praising the “record-setting” number of seats already sold, whi...