It was not easy to stand out among the plethora of world leaders who formed a subordinate chorus line to Donald Trump at Monday’s peace summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, but among the more distinctive faces in the crowd was that of Gianni Infantino, the head of Fifa. He was the only non-political figure in the audience and later explained he was there at the invitation of president Trump – a summons he seldom declines.
On Thursday, Infantino’s name was on the president’s lips again as he mused about the possibility of moving games scheduled for next summer’s World Cup from host cities deemed unfit or unsafe to host. He name checked Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco as host cities who have fallen under scrutiny at Thursday’s unveiling of Operation Summer Heat, in the company of FBI director Kash Patel and attorney general Pam
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