{"id":39836,"date":"2026-07-17T13:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39836"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:17:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:17:50","slug":"us-president-to-attend-world-cup-final-on-sunday-white-house","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/us-president-to-attend-world-cup-final-on-sunday-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"US President to attend World Cup final on Sunday: White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">United States (US) President Donald Trump will attend the World Cup final between Argentina and Spain at the New York-New Jersey stadium on Sunday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday.<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe look forward to the final match on Sunday and I know the president looks forward to attending,\u201d Leavitt told reporters at a press conference.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cHis attendance will cap what has been the most watched, most secure and most successful World Cup in American history.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Leavitt added that she did not know whether Trump had a favorite in the final but encouraged reporters to ask him.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI\u2019m sure he\u2019ll have a fun answer for you,\u201d she said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Trump will also attend a FIFA reception at the Trump Tower in New York City on Friday, Leavitt added.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014SABC\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15056,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-39836","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Leavitt added that she did not know whether Trump had a favorite in the final but encouraged reporters to ask him.","published_date":"","news_description":"Leavitt added that she did not know whether Trump had a favorite in the final but encouraged reporters to ask him.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39838,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39836\/revisions\/39838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=39836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}