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Trump: World Cup matches can be moved
The Journal
|October 16, 2025
UNITED States president Donald Trump says his FIFA counterpart Gianni Infantino would “very easily” move 2026 World Cup matches away from designated host cities if he asked him to.
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Trump also indicated he would seek to move the 2028 Olympic Games away from Los Angeles if he felt the city was not safe.
The US president, right, has previously spoken about moving World Cup matches away from “dangerous” cities, previously naming Seattle and San Francisco.
On Thursday he said there had been “street takeovers” in Boston and claimed FIFA would move matches for next summer's finals if he asked.
This story is from the October 16, 2025 edition of The Journal.
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