This was a rare chance to question Mr Infantino, who has not held a news conference in the last year, and the first chance to discuss the contentious process that saw Saudi Arabia awarded the 2034 World Cup in December last year.
But he was more willing to justify spending so much time with Mr Trump - pointing to the new 32-team men's Club World Cup being in the US this summer and the expanded 48-country men's World Cup in 2026.
(Pool via AP)] After attending a speech in Miami last week, where Mr Trump claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a "dictator", Mr Infantino praised him for promoting a message of "peace and unity".
"We all hope that peace talks will be successful, because I think it is important that we support it for the world, much more than for football, that we have peace," Mr Infantino said.
"I think it is absolutely crucial for the success of a World Cup to have a close relationship with the president," Mr Infantino said in Hollywood, Northern Ireland.
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