{"id":80978,"date":"2025-11-18T10:54:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T07:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=80978"},"modified":"2025-11-18T10:54:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T07:54:47","slug":"trump-warns-ahead-of-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/trump-warns-ahead-of-2026-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Warns Ahead of 2026 World Cup: We May Move the Matches to Another City If Necessary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup continue, security concerns have entered the national spotlight. U.S. President <a title=\"Trump documentary scandal forces top executives to step down\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/bbc-rocked-by-resignations-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> signaled that certain matches could be relocated to different American cities if potential safety issues in Los Angeles and California are not addressed. Speaking at a press briefing in the Oval Office alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino and several U.S. officials, Trump underlined the necessity for local administrations to take adequate security measures.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Security Emphasis and Possible City Replacement<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Responding to a question about the possible impact of moving World Cup matches due to security reasons, Trump said, \u201cIf we see any signs that a problem may occur, we will ask for the event to be moved to another city. There are many cities that would love to host the event.\u201d He emphasized that Los Angeles is still expected to host the scheduled matches, but reiterated that security is the top priority.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Message of Federal Support<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Highlighting the possibility of federal involvement if required, Trump said, \u201cI would like to send the National Guard or anyone necessary to help them. If there is even the slightest sign of a problem, we want to be there before the problem occurs. We want to make the environment fully safe for Infantino, FIFA and all the great people who will be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u201cThere Is a Problem in California\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Continuing his remarks, Trump pointed to the overall security environment in the state, saying, \u201cCalifornia has a problem, crime rates are high.\u201d He also reminded that some regions recently suffered major wildfires, noting that both governors and mayors would \u201chave to act accordingly\u201d in response to these concerns.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>A \u201cOnce-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>While highlighting the significance of the tournament, Trump referred to the World Cup as \u201ca once-in-a-lifetime opportunity\u201d for the United States. Having previously hosted the event in 1994, the country will once again welcome the world\u2019s biggest football competition after 32 years, this time together with Canada and Mexico.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: President Trump Holds Meeting Of White House Task Force On The FIFA World Cup 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7HXAiADWNUc\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup continue, security concerns have entered the national spotlight. U.S. President Donald Trump signaled that certain matches could be relocated to different American cities if potential safety issues in Los Angeles and California are not addressed. Speaking at a press briefing in the Oval Office alongside FIFA President &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9192199,"featured_media":80979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,25,127],"tags":[11500,478,20808,6945,73804,54302,80232,77647,80231,80230],"class_list":["post-80978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-america","category-sport","tag-california","tag-fifa","tag-gianni-infantino","tag-los-angeles","tag-oval-office","tag-security-concerns","tag-sports-politics","tag-trump","tag-usa-2026","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9192199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80980,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80978\/revisions\/80980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}