President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he could “take away” the slate of World Cup matches slated to take place in Massachusetts if the city of Boston does not get tough on crime.

“We could take them away,” the president said of games in the city that he said were already sold out.

“If somebody is doing a bad job, and if I feel there’s unsafe conditions, I would call Gianni – the head of FIFA who’s phenomenal — and I would say, “Let’s move into another location” and they would do that.”

Trump meant FIFA head Gianni Infantino. He said Infantino “wouldn’t love to do it, but he’d do it very easily.”

The World Cup games is slated for 2026. Boston was named one of 16 host communities. But, there will not actually be any games held in the city. The games hosted in name by “Boston” wil

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