The longest-running transatlantic squabble isn’t about food or customs. It’s the never-ending football vs. soccer debate. Americans insist their version has earned the name. Europeans point to the obvious: it’s a game built around kicking a ball. And on this one, Donald Trump sounded like he was leaning toward the European camp.

With the FIFA World Cup headed to the U.S. next year, Friday’s draw brought plenty of fanfare. Trump was in the room, and he tossed out a line that’s bound to get a reaction from just about every American football fan.

“When you look at what has happened to football in the United States, which is soccer in the United States, we seem to never call it (football) because we have a little bit of a conflict with another thing that’s called football,” Trump said Friday

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