By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will preside over the soccer World Cup draw on Friday in a ceremony filled with pomp, pageantry and lavish performances fit for a showman.

The event is being held in Washington at the Kennedy Center, which Trump took over earlier this year, installing a new president and board.

Trump’s attendance at the World Cup event puts him front and center at a major moment in the world of sport, and the planners clearly had him in mind when putting it together.

The popular disco band Village People will perform a version of “Y.M.C.A.,” a staple on Trump’s political rally playlist, while FIFA, the global governing body for soccer, plans to unveil its own peace prize.

The expected recipient? Trump himself.

The president has o

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