The White House typically hosts the World Series winner each year, and Trump welcomed the Dodgers to Washington, D.C., in April after their 2024 victory. The Dodgers are the first team to win consecutive titles since the New York Yankees in 2000.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Donald Trump is "afraid to bet," after Trump didn't respond to Carney's attempt to make a friendly wager on the Series.

Author Stephen King on Sunday shared a social media post incorrectly claiming that President Donald Trump said he would not invite this year's World Series champions to the White House. Newsweek reached out to King's management for comment via email.

In late October 2025, a screenshot claimed to show a post from U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social account in which he refused to invite the winner of MLB's World Series to the White House and claimed the ongoing championship was "rigged by the Dems & the Mafia.

Several screenshots have been circulating on social media claiming that United States President Donald Trump is unhappy with the Toronto Blue Jays facing the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2025 World Seri

Toronto — Louis Acosta, a Dodgers fan from Santa Clarita, flew to Toronto on Friday to support his home town team for their fifth World Series appearance in the last 9 years. During Game 1 at the Rogers Centre, he proudly wore his Dodgers shirt and cap amid the opening ceremonies.

As a result, fans of Canadian hockey teams booed the U.S. national anthem in February when American teams traveled north to play in Canada. That continued in hockey's Four Nations Face-Off, as fans booed the Star-Spangled Banner any time it was played in the tournament.

The latest trade tiff between the U.S. and Canada comes as the two countries face off in a different arena: the World Series.