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Chelsea<\/a>\u2019s players have given an insight on what was said when Donald Trump crashed their Club World Cup trophy ceremony<\/a>.<\/p>\n The US president joined Fifa chief Gianni Infantino<\/a> on the pitch after full-time to present Chelsea with the trophy, after the Blues shocked European champions PSG to win 3-0 in the final<\/a>.<\/p>\n But bizarrely, Trump opted not to follow Infantino out of shot once handing captain Reece James<\/a> the trophy, instead lingering as Chelsea\u2019s stars were forced to celebrate around him.<\/p>\n When asked what was said to the leader of the free world, James said: \u201cTo be honest it was quite loud. I couldn’t hear too much. He just congratulated me and the team for lifting the trophy and told us to enjoy the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n Cole Palmer<\/a>, who was involved in all three goals and bagged a stunning brace to propel his side to glory, was seen visibly confused by Trump\u2019s prolonged presence.<\/p>\n “I knew he was going to be here but I didn’t know he was going to be on the stand when we lifted the trophy,\u201d he admitted. \u201cI was a bit confused, yeah.”<\/p>\n Levi Colwill added: \u201cThey told me that he was going to present the trophy and then exit the stage, and I thought that he was going to exit the stage, but he wanted to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump was roundly booed on American soil <\/a>as he made his way out for the ceremony, with many of those in attendance likely hailing from England or France.<\/p>\n He was attending the game on the anniversary of his attempted assassination<\/a>, which saw him narrowly escape death in Butler, Pennsylvania, while campaigning in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n He watched Chelsea dispatch a PSG side who had previously looked unbeatable, with Enzo Maresca<\/a>\u2019s side writing themselves in history as the first team to win the revamped Club World Cup.<\/p>\n