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Ex-president Trump has once again stated he would pressure FIFA to relocate upcoming World Cup matches from a designated city based on municipal politics, with the Boston region now being the third urban area to face such threats from the US president. Furthermore, Trump suggested he would evaluate parallel steps against Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympics due to possible public safety risks.

Jurisdictional Limits and Informal Leverage

While Trump does not have direct legal authority to personally cancel either event, he may exert influence the respective governing bodies overseeing each tournament to move locations.

Context of Remarks

His comments were made during a media briefing with Argentinian president Milei, who was at the White House following the disclosure of a massive bailout for the Latin American country. At the conclusion of the meeting, a journalist asked Trump about a latest “street takeover” in the city where police officers were targeted and a police vehicle was ignited. The correspondent also wondered if the situation could cause the revocation of organizing rights for the expanded soccer tournament.

“It's possible to take them away,” the former president stated regarding the soccer games, set to be staged at Gillette Stadium. “Their mayor is poor … she’s extremist, and activists are taking over areas of Boston. That is a major claim, isn't it?”

Urban Disturbances and Ideological Perceptions

Street takeovers, a digitally organized trend where large crowds congregate on public avenues during nighttime to conduct vehicular acrobatics, have become a ongoing issue in US urban areas since the lockdown shutdowns. Recent incidents have become aggressive in the region, notably in downtown. Yet, these events are generally not seen as associated with any particular partisan agenda.

“In cases where a city is doing a bad job, and I perceive there are dangerous circumstances, I'd call the organization's president, who is excellent, and suggest it should be shifted to a different city,” the former president said on Tuesday. “He'd do that. He wouldn’t love to do it, but he would comply. Readily, he would.”

FIFA Relationship

The organization's head has publicly acknowledged his strategies to be visibly associated with Trump ahead of next year’s tournament, planned to be hosted in multiple US locations across the America along with a couple in the northern neighbor and three in the southern neighbor. The organization's leader has appeared at several White House functions, had Trump deliver the club tournament trophy after that tournament’s final, and has even delayed his own organization’s congress to accompany Trump on a trip to the Arab region this year.

Past Statements

This has not stopped, Trump from suggesting the cancellation of FIFA World Cup matches from different locations. On September 25, the Washington city and the Bay Area metropolis faced similar criticism, with Trump asserting both cities were “governed by ideological activists who lack understanding what they are doing,” while criticizing the safety level of both cities and suggesting that games could be removed.

FIFA Response

FIFA vice-president Montagliani dismissed Trump’s claims when he reacted subsequently at a conference in London.

“It is our competition, under our authority, we decide these matters,” he declared. “With all due respect to national heads, the sport is more important than political figures and the game will survive their administration and their government. That’s the beauty of this sport, that it is transcends any individual and beyond a nation.”

LA Games Warning

During the event, Trump’s answer to a query about the Massachusetts city veered into a comparable warning regarding the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

“In case I thought the city was not going to be adequately ready, I will relocate it to another location as needed,” Trump stated. “Regarding that event I might have to obtain a different kind of approval, but we will do that.”

The permission Trump refers to would need to come through the IOC. Their president, she, was selected to her role in spring and has not yet appear together with Trump, but she said that she would like a sit-down with him at eventually.

Further Comments

Trump also condemned the state's leader Newsom’s management of the California fires, remarking that a parallel incident could cause the removal of the Games.

“When the governor is uncooperative, we will have to be very tough,” Trump stated.

His message was just as direct for Boston.

“The city should clean up their act,” he remarked. “That’s all I will say.”