Bizarre reason Trump will keep FIFA Club World Cup trophy while winning team given a replica

Donald Trump is set to keep the FIFA Club World Cup trophy while the winning team has no other choice but to take home a replica.

The president of the United States is no stranger to receiving lavish gifts, from his so-called ‘flying palace’ to now the 24-carat gold-plated Tiffany & Co FIFA trophy.

The FIFA Club World Cup Championship came to an end on Sunday (July 13) in New Jersey’s MetLife stadium which saw English team Chelsea thrash European champions Paris Saint-Germain.

Trump then handed the Chelsea team their winners’ medals and saw they had the Club World Cup trophy for their famed celebratory trophy lift which he rather strangely ended up being a part of, much to the players’ confusion.

Now, however, it has been revealed the gigantic prize held up by the London club’s captain, Reece James, was a replica as football’s governing body has let the POTUS deck out the Oval Office with the original as an ornament.

Trump didn’t step aside when the victorious team lifted the trophy (Carl Recine – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

The trophy, which features a central disc with three rotating outer rings, is estimated to have cost around $230,000 to make and would most likely end up in the National Archives if Trump really is allowed to keep the award for himself.

Trump explained in a mid-game conversation with DAZN that he ended up with the OG as a gift.

“They [FIFA] said: ‘Could you hold this trophy for a little while?’ We put it in the Oval Office and then I said: ‘When are you going to pick up the trophy’, and [FIFA President Gianni Infantino] said: ‘We’re never going to pick it up, you can have it forever in the Oval Office’,” Trump said.

It was here that the POTUS also revealed to reporter Emily Austin that Chelsea actually received a copy of the original trophy for winning the tournament, meaning the team didn’t even get to touch the real thing.