Trump Lands Major Role at World Cup Final, Major Attack on Electoral College | 6/24/26 FIRST LOOK
The Rubin Report
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🗓️ 24 June 2026
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look to the stories you need to know to start your day including FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirming that President Donald Trump will join him in presenting the World Cup trophy at the FIFA World Cup Final at MetLife Stadium, putting Trump center stage at one of the biggest sporting events on the planet; the growing relationship between Trump, FIFA, and the 2026 World Cup as Team USA continues its tournament run; and Hillary Clinton reigniting debate over the Electoral College in "The American Experiment", a new Netflix docuseries, calling it an "abomination" nearly a decade after her 2016 loss to Trump, while critics argue the system remains one of the Constitution's most important safeguards against rule by a handful of large population centers, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, I'm Dave Rubin and this is First Look. |
| 0:07.0 | It's Wednesday, June 24th, 2026. We've got a packed show for you today. |
| 0:13.0 | President Trump scores a starring role at the World Cup Final Trophy presentation. |
| 0:18.0 | FIFA confirms he'll be front and center handing out the hardware. |
| 0:23.3 | Hillary Clinton is still smarting over her 2016 loss a decade later, calling the |
| 0:29.1 | Electoral College an abomination in a new Netflix docu series. |
| 0:34.8 | Let's dive in. |
| 0:36.1 | President Donald Trump hasn't stepped foot inside a single World |
| 0:39.1 | Cup match yet, but he's already been given one of the biggest roles in the entire |
| 0:43.4 | tournament. FIFA President Johnny Infantino announced on Tuesday that President Trump |
| 0:49.0 | will join him in presenting the World Cup trophy to the winning team after the final at MetLife Stadium |
| 0:55.5 | in New Jersey on July 19th. |
| 0:58.0 | We will be together with the President, enjoying the final and handing the trophy to the winner, |
| 1:02.3 | of course, together, Infantino said during an appearance on Fox and Friends, we are together |
| 1:07.9 | all the time. |
| 1:09.4 | This is a clear break from recent tradition. |
| 1:11.9 | In both the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the 2022 tournament in Qatar, Infantino personally |
| 1:19.2 | handed the trophy to the winning captain. |
| 1:22.2 | Before him, Sep Blatter did the honors. |
| 1:24.7 | Now the sitting American president is taking center stage on home soil for |
| 1:29.4 | the biggest event in soccer. Despite not attending any matches so far, even as the U.S. |
| 1:35.6 | team advanced through the group stage here at home, Trump has been following the action |
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