FIFA, international soccer's governing body, agreed to pay $4 million for a seven-year lease on a nearly 5,000-square-foot, 17th-floor office in Trump Tower, according to documents obtained by Le Monde and the New York Times, USA Today reported on October 13, 2026. FIFA added the office in June 2025, about a year before the World Cup the United States co-hosted, while keeping its main U.S. office in Coral Gables, Florida. The space is used for special events rather than day-to-day work, and current and former officials said FIFA has “no plans to fully staff the Trump Tower location and the office sits largely idle,” Sports Business Journal reported. The New York Times reported in June that “The rent goes to President Trump's family business.”
Two sources told the Times the decision was led by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who has cultivated a close relationship with Trump. FIFA said it “paid market-level rent” and that the lease “complies with all local laws” and “was signed in accordance with FIFA's standard internal processes.” The White House declined to comment. Miguel Maduro, FIFA's former governance head, said, “This deal with the Trump Organization raises a clear conflict of interest in the light of FIFA's interests in the U.S. World Cup or its partnership with President Trump's Board of Peace.”
Trump's 2025 financial disclosure lists $15,000 in FIFA Club World Cup tickets from Infantino, CNBC reported, and Rep. Jamie Raskin asked Infantino in July for records of gifts and payments, citing the Justice Department's decision to “dismiss the indictments” of defendants in U.S. soccer-corruption investigations, the Guardian reported. No reporting documents a favor given in return for the lease.
Update (October 17, 2026): at its October 15 meeting, the FIFA Council referred the FIFA Peace Prize it awarded Trump to its Football Social Responsibility Committee. Vice President Debbie Hewitt said the committee would consider “how the Peace Prize came about, whether it should have come about,” and who made the decision, USA Today reported. The Guardian reported that several council members demanded the award be abolished, with a recommendation due before the council meets in Doha on December 16.