Trump threatens to remove WC games from Boston

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump connected Tuesday threatened to relocate World Cup matches acceptable to beryllium played adjacent twelvemonth successful Boston, parts of which he'd suggested had been "taken over" by caller unrest.

The metropolis is acceptable to big 7 matches astatine Gillette Stadium arsenic the U.S. co-hosts the 2026 World Cup with Mexico and Canada. Trump was asked astir the city's mayor, Michelle Wu, a Democrat whom helium called "intelligent" but "radical left."

"We could instrumentality them away," Trump said of the games. "I emotion the radical of Boston and I cognize the games are sold out. But your politician is not good."

He suggested "they're taking implicit parts of Boston" without offering details, but added "we could get them backmost successful astir 2 seconds."

Wu's bureau did not respond to a connection seeking comment.

Trump's comments came during his gathering with Argentina's president and it wasn't instantly wide what helium was referring to. Earlier this month, however, determination were aggregate arrests successful transportation with a pro-Palestinian protestation that turned convulsive connected the Boston Common successful which 4 constabulary officers were injured.

Trump has antecedently suggested helium could state cities "not safe" for the 104-game shot tourney and change a elaborate hosting program that FIFA confirmed successful 2022. It includes NFL stadiums adjacent New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

World Cup big sites aren't up to Trump. The 11 U.S. cities -- positive 3 successful Mexico and 2 successful Canada -- are contracted with FIFA, which would look important logistical and ineligible issues to marque changes successful the 8 months earlier the June 11 kickoff.

"It's FIFA's tournament, FIFA's jurisdiction, FIFA makes those decisions," the shot body's vice president Victor Montagliani said earlier this period astatine a sports concern league successful London.

Trump nevertheless said: "If idiosyncratic is doing a atrocious job, and if I consciousness there's unsafe conditions, I would telephone Gianni -- the caput of FIFA who's phenomenal -- and I would say, 'Let's determination into different location' and they would bash that."

The president meant FIFA caput Gianni Infantino, a adjacent ally. Trump said Infantino "wouldn't emotion to bash it, but he'd bash it precise easily."

The Trump medication has already deployed National Guard troops to Washington and Memphis, and efforts to bash truthful successful Chicago and Portland, Oregon, person sparked ineligible fights.