TRUMP WELCOMES IRAN TO U.S. WORLD CUP President Donald Trump told FIFA that Iran is welcome to play in the World Cup in the U.S., officials say. The discussion with FIFA president Gianni Infantino and White House task force director Andrew Giuliani touched on the ongoing war, now in its 12th day. Infantino later wrote that the World Cup is needed “to bring people together now more than ever.”(*Walter Bloomberg)