Donald Trump casts doubt over 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics venues | OneFootball

Donald Trump once again found himself at the center of international controversy after threatening to strip Boston of its 2026 World Cup host city status if the unrest and protests against his government do not cease.

“We could take the World Cup matches out of Boston,” declared the U.S. president during an event also attended by Argentine president Javier Milei.

Trump justified his stance, adding: “The mayor, Michelle Wu, is not good. She’s a radical leftist and they are taking over parts of Boston.”

“If someone is doing a bad job and I feel there are unsafe conditions, I would call Gianni Infantino, who is phenomenal, and we would tell him to move the host city elsewhere,” the American expressed.

The warning, which quickly sparked international repercussions, was not limited to Boston, as Trump also targeted Seattle and San Francisco, two of the cities chosen as World Cup hosts, whose governments he labeled as “radical left lunatics”.

At the same time, the president referred to the situation in Los Angeles, which is the next host of the 2028 Olympic Games, stating that he could “move the event elsewhere” if he believes there will not be adequate security conditions.

The statements come amid a wave of protests and immigration raids carried out by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service, under Trump’s own orders.

In response, local authorities in Los Angeles are considering declaring a state of emergency due to the increase in detentions in neighborhoods with high Latino and Asian populations. Political tension has grown to the point that, according to Politico, several city officials have expressed “concern over the direct threat to the autonomy of the host cities.”

From FIFA, the official to respond was the entity’s vice president and president of Concacaf, Víctor Montagliani: “It’s FIFA’s tournament, under FIFA’s jurisdiction, and FIFA makes those decisions.”

At a conference in London, the Canadian official stated that “football is bigger than world leaders, it will outlast their regimes, their governments, and their slogans.”

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