Trump Shockingly Sides With the Rest of the World in Longstanding ‘Football’ Name Debate — Suggests NFL Should Rename Sport
Ahmad Austin Jr. Dec 5th, 2025, 2:20 pm
President Donald Trump on Friday weighed in on the longstanding name debate involving soccer and football — and he sided with the international community.
Moments after Trump received FIFA’s inaugural FIFA Peace Prize from federation President Gianni Infantino , he was joined onstage by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney . There, the three leaders conducted the World Cup draw to determine the groups in which the participating countries would be placed.
During the draw, Trump started talking about his experience watching soccer when he finally decided to reveal where he st

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