Viewers characterised the incident as “absolutely embarrassing” as the president did hand up the trophy, but Trump remained standing next to the team as they joyfully hopped up and down as Infantino pulled himself out of the camera.

Following the embarrassing incident, Nicola Hickling, a lip reading specialist, provided analysis of the exchange on behalf of OLBG.

She explained that talisman Cole Palmer looked ‘visibly confused’ by Trump’s decision to stand with the team as they lifted the trophy, prompting him to turn and ask, “Can you ask him to move this way?… wait, what’s going on?”

Hickling then expressed belief that Trump wanted ‘to hold the trophy with Reece James’, prompting James to say: “I got this”

James is said to have said, “It’s actually