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.

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 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.

“If somebody is doing a bad job, and if I feel there are unsafe conditions, I would call Gianni, the head of FIFA, who’s phenomenal, and I would say, ‘let’s move it to another location’,” he told reporters in t

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