Chelsea: Cole Palmer 'confused' as Donald Trump remains on stage during Club World Cup trophy lift | OneFootball

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TV cameras picked up Palmer mouthing “What is he doing?” to James in relation to Trump remaining on stage as the trophy lift was about to begin.

Speaking about it afterwards, Palmer, who scored twice, said: “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. I was a bit confused, yes.”

James added: “They 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.

“To 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.”

Trump appeared briefly with a reporter at half-time during DAZN’s coverage.

He said: “I am having a really great time. Tremendous sport.”