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Trump posted to Truth Social that replacing FIFA president Gianni Infantino would be a "terrible mistake," pushing American political weight into an open revolt already under way from the sport's most powerful regional bodies.
The warning comes after a failed proposal to sell a 20% stake in World Cup commercial rights for $4.2 billion triggered formal accusations of deception from UEFA, the AFC, and CONCACAF against the FIFA boss.
The proposal that cracked FIFA open Infantino's plan, which he later scrapped, was called FIFA Forward Enterprise.
The structure would have brought private equity investors into the commercial rights of the men's World Cup, giving them a 20% position.
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