On July 13, 2025, Chelsea became champions of the FIFA Club World Cup in the United States. The American president, Donald Trump, awarded the prizes to the best players and joined the team’s celebration. Since then, posts that have accumulated more than 4,000 interactions on social media have shared a video in which Cole Palmer, the British club’s star, seems to criticize Trump for having “stolen all the attention” during the celebration. However, the audio was created with artificial intelligence, and the images show the attacking midfielder in unrelated contexts.
Cole Palmer draws the world’s attention for having looked sad when receiving from right-wing extremist Trump, the trophy for best player of the Club World Cup. ‘CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT FOR EVERYONE’
, says one of the shared posts
Facebook
, no
Instagram
e no
X
.
The content also circulates in
Spanish
.
The viral sequence, with audio and subtitles in Spanish, displays the message:
Cole Palmer is very upset with Trump
. Throughout the video, images of Palmer in different situations are accompanied by a narration, also in Spanish, supposedly from the British player criticizing the American president.
Trump does not deserve to give our awards
, he seems to say, referring to the leader as
that so arrogant person
what
catch all the attention
. Therefore, Palmer supposedly explains,
I published a photo in which he does not appear
.
The content circulates after the final of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, held at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on July 13th, when Chelsea
defeated
PSG 3-0 Paris.
Cole Palmer, British attacking midfielder, was
elected
The best player of the championship, and Trump, whose country will host the 2026 World Cup together with Canada and Mexico, was responsible for presenting him with the award — a golden soccer ball.
However, the viral video does not show Palmer’s statements about Trump after the game.
Palmer on Trump
A search by keywords, in English and Spanish,
Trump
,
Palmer
,
our awards
e
arrogant
Did not find records that the Chelsea midfielder referred to Donald Trump in these terms.
However, the research led to articles (
1
,
2
) in which Palmer comments on Trump’s presence at the ceremony.
I knew he would be here, but I didn’t know he would be on the podium when we lifted the trophy, so I was a bit confused.
, declared.
Asked about what he said to Trump upon receiving the best player award, Palmer stated that the president
He said that his son was my biggest fan
.
I don’t remember what I said to him. I think I said ‘thank you’ or something like that
, added.
Video inconsistencies
An analysis of the viral content audio done with Hiya, the artificial intelligence detection tool of the verification plugin
InVID-WeVerify
, presented as a result a
very high probability
to have been created digitally.
A reverse search for the viral video clip in which Palmer appears to speak to the camera led to an interview
published
In Chelsea’s X profile on June 4, 2024. In the original content, the attacking midfielder commented on his favorite goals scored by the British team.
In addition to the interview, the sequence shows illustrative images of Palmer and Trump in situations not related to the Club World Cup, such as when the American president
danced
in a
rally
no Arizona or when Palmer filmed a
training
with the English team in November 2024.
At the time of the viral video in which the attacking midfielder seems to claim to have cut a photo so that Trump would not appear, the supposed image posted by Palmer is shown, in which the player is seen holding the championship trophy.
A reverse search for the photograph actually found it
shared
in a carousel posted on Cole Palmer’s Instagram profile on July 14, 2025. However, even in the original recording, Trump does not appear in the frame. The president can be seen, however, in
second image
do carousel.
In a
video
From the celebration of Chelsea for the title in the Club World Cup, it is possible to see that the owner was with the players from the front row when they raise the trophy. However, at 40 seconds, the FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, leads Trump behind the athletes.
A few seconds later, with Trump already off the scene, Palmer
argue
The trophy — a moment immortalized in the photo shared by the attacking midfielder on his social networks.
References
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Articles with comments from Cole Palmer about Trump in the Club World Cup (
1
,
2
) - Interview with Palmer published by Chelsea on X in 2024
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Videos of Trump dancing at a rally in Arizona in 2024 (
1
,
2
) - Video posted by Chelsea on Instagram in 2024
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Photos posted by Cole Palmer on Instagram on July 14, 2025 (
1
,
2
) - Video of Chelsea’s celebration at the Club World Cup published on YouTube on July 13, 2025
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