Did Chelsea FC photoshop President Trump out of their official trophy raising photo after the FIFA Club World Cup final? No, that's not true: A viral image that was digitally edited to remove Trump from the scene did not appear on the soccer club's official social media accounts. The image they actually posted does show Trump in the background.
The image appeared in a post on X (archived here) where it was published on July 14, 2025 with a caption that read:
Trump refused to leave even after they were practically pushing him away so Chelsea photoshopped him out of their official trophy raising photo. Good move.
This is what the image looked like:
(Image source: screenshot of the @sigurdson_chris account on X.com taken by Lead Stories)
Trump refused to leave even after they were practically pushing him away so Chelsea photoshopped him out of their official trophy raising photo. Good move. pic.twitter.com/igcVWyuVek
-- Chris Sigurdson (@sigurdson_chris) July 14, 2025
It is unclear what the source of the original picture was, but it appears to show this moment in the trophy raising ceremony that can be seen at 3:48 on the YouTube channel of DAZN Football (archived here):
However, the edited picture did not appear on the club's official X account (archived here), Instagram (archived here) or Facebook page (archived here).
The club did post an official trophy raising picture to several of their social media accounts, for example on Instagram (archived here):
That picture did feature President Trump:
(Image source: highlight of Chelsea FC instagram photo created by Lead Stories)
Lead Stories reached out to the press office of the club for comment and will update this story when a reply is received.
