8 h. ago Could Trump really move World Cup games? The facts behind his threats

Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed he could take World Cup matches away from US cities he deems “unsafe”. Here’s what he said – and what powers he does and doesn’t have Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Boston mayor Michelle Wu dismisses Trump threat to remove World Cup games from city

Trump claimed Fifa president could ‘easily’ move gamesWu says Trump comments are ‘targeting Boston values’The mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu, implied the city was ready for a face-off with the US president Donald Trump over his claim he could order Fifa to remove World Cup games from Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, 22 miles south-west of the city.Wu appeared on local podcast “Java with Jimmy” on Wednesday to respond to Tuesday’s criticism from the White House, which labeled the Democrat as “radical left”. Trump threatened he would make a call to the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, if Boston did not “clean up its act”. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Donald Trump threatens to move World Cup games and Olympics in 'bad job' vow

Donald Trump has threatened to move World Cup games away from designated host cities and strip LA of the 2028 Olympics in a 'bad job' vow

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27 h. ago Trump threatens to strip American city of World Cup games amid bitter feud with liberal mayor

Trump has threatened to relocate World Cup matches set to be played in the city's suburbs next year, after suggesting that parts of the city had been 'taken over' by unrest.

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29 h. ago Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA

US President says games could be moved due to safetyBoston street takeovers, LA wildfires are blamedDonald Trump has again said he’d pressure Fifa to remove 2026 World Cup games from a host city on the basis of that city’s politics, with Boston becoming the third such city to come in for threats from the US president. Trump also said he would consider similar action against Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympics on account of potential safety issues.Trump has no legal authority to directly take either action, but he can apply pressure to each competition’s governing body to move host cities. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Trump threatens to yank World Cup games from Boston though it's up to FIFA to choose sites

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to relocate World Cup matches set to be played next year in Boston, parts of which he’d suggested had been “taken over” by recent unrest

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30 h. ago Trump threatens FIFA boss could pull 2026 World Cup games from ‘unsafe’ cities ahead of Charlie Kirk honor: Live updates

Trump will posthumously award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom later Tuesday

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2 w. ago FIFA VP pushes back on Trump comments about moving World Cup games from 'dangerous' cities

U.S. President Donald Trump has been reminded that FIFA and not government ultimately decides which cities will host World Cup games

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2 w. ago Trump warns US cities he will move World Cup games if they aren’t ‘safe’

The president claimed that Seattle and San Francisco are run by ‘radical left lunatics’

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