President Donald Trump praised cooperation between the US, Canada and Mexico at Friday’s World Cup draw, even as divisions over North American trade and immigration policy threaten to overshadow next year’s global soccer tournament hosted by the three neighboring countries.

“We’ve worked closely with those two countries, and the coordination and friendship and relationship has been outstanding,” Trump told attendees. “I think you’re going to have an event the likes of which maybe the world has never seen.”

Trump was largely laudatory of his fellow leaders, despite in recent weeks criticizing Canada over its opposition to his tariff regime and Mexico over immigration and counternarcotics policies.

“We’ve had a tremendous relationship,” Trump said.

The glitzy showcase assigns matchups of

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