President Donald Trump said he would seek to move the 2028 Olympics out of Los Angeles and shift the 2026 World Cup games out of Boston if he thought the cities weren’t properly prepared, or if conditions were unsafe.
During a bilateral lunch with Argentine President Javier Milei on Tuesday, Trump criticized California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s handling of the destructive fires in LA earlier this year. LA is preparing to host roughly 800 events related to the Olympics.
“If I thought LA was not going to be prepared properly, I would move it to another location,” Trump said. “Gavin Newsom, he’s got to get his act together.”
Newsom, a Democrat, frequently spars with Trump and other Republicans over social media, and the governor is opposed to the immigration enforcement efforts and National Guard deployments ordered by the White House.
Across the country, the greater Boston area is set to host seven World Cup matches next summer at Gillette Stadium, which is about 20 miles southwest of the city. Trump said he would call FIFA President Gianni Infantino and ask him to relocate those games if the city’s policies under Mayor Michelle Wu, a Democrat, were creating safety concerns. He was responding to a question that referenced a recent spate of so-called street takeovers in Massachusetts where crowds or groups of vehicles have blocked roads and created disturbances.
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