Overview
- The Village People closed the 2026 World Cup draw at Washington’s Kennedy Center with 'YMCA' as President Donald Trump stood, clapped, and did his familiar shimmy.
- FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented Trump with an inaugural peace award earlier in the program, with limited public detail on how the honor was selected.
- Widely shared videos prompted online mockery and commentary about the ceremony’s tone, alongside complaints about broadcast glitches and confusing draw rules.
- A UK forensic lip reader told the New York Post he interpreted Trump saying he loved the performance to Canada’s Mark Carney and Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum and urging Melania Trump to join in, a claim that remains unverified.
- The United States, Canada, and Mexico are co-hosting the 2026 tournament, and there has been no indication of any official response from FIFA or organizers to the episode.