Overview
- In Oval Office remarks, the president said he would shift matches to other cities if any host proved “even a little bit” unsafe, extending the warning to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
- Lawyers and organizers question federal authority to override FIFA venue contracts, with relocations viewed as logistically improbable.
- The administration has sent National Guard units to Los Angeles and Washington and announced additional federal deployments for Memphis, while renewing a threat toward Chicago.
- Eleven U.S. sites are slated to stage games — including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, New York/New Jersey and others — as part of a tournament shared with Canada and Mexico, many in Democratic strongholds.
- FIFA president Gianni Infantino has voiced full confidence in U.S. preparations, and Trump earlier installed himself as chair of a White House World Cup task force.