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President Donald Trump praised the administration’s crime at crime in Washington, DC, Friday when he announced that the draw for 2026 FIFA World Cup taking place in the Kennedy Center on December 5th.
The president, together with FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in the Oval Office for Friday’s announcement. Trump, now President of the Kennedy Center, confirmed that the draw for the group play will take place at the Performing Arts meeting.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Right, Sugs FIFA World Cup Winner’s Trophy to President Donald Trump during a message in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, August 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
“On December 5 this year, the FIFA world championship in the 2026 World Cup in the Kennedy Center will find it. Some people refer to it as the Trump-Kennedy Center, but we are not prepared to do it completely-maybe in a week or so,” Trump said, laughtering the group.
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“But right here in Washington, DC, It is a huge honor to bring the global event and this incredible group of people and these incredible athletes – the best athletes in the world – to the cultural center of our country’s capital. ”
Trump also took the opportunity to highlight his administration’s federal acquisition of DC in an attempt to crack down on crime.
“By the way, in Washington, DC, we have the lowest crime numbers they’ve had this year. Zero. It’s a terrible thing to say, but I might as well say that, zero murder in the last week since we’ve done this. It’s the first time in memory that it has happened. If you can believe it. How pathetic is to have to say it.”
Washington, Mayor Muriel Bowser is talking at a press conference after President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department in the Wilson building on August 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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“It was uncertain. It was terrible,” the president continued, “and Mayor [Muriel] Bowser Better get her action straight, otherwise she won’t be mayor for a very long time because we take it over with the federal government, it runs as if it should be run. “
Trump told Infantino that the city “will be nice” just in time for the draw and joked that the Italian sports figure “could handle yourself” regardless.
“FIFA World Cup in 2026 will be the biggest, most complex set of events in sports history, and the Kennedy Center will give it a phenomenal kickoff and will be involved, and they will work over there for a great deal of time. We have all set so they can stay there for the big events, the big press conferences and everything else.
President Donald Trump is talking to the FIFA World Cup Winners Trophy in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, August 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Trump established a Task Force in the White House earlier this year in anticipation of Club -VM and the FIFA world championship in 2026, which will predominantly host the US, Canada and Mexico will also host more matches.
The international tournament spanning North America begins in June 2026 and is the first World Cup for more than two decades taking place in several countries. The tournament will host 16 cities starting with 48 teams and playing 104 matches in total.
In the US, matches are played in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Kansas City, Atlanta, Miami, Boston, Philadelphia and East Rutherford, New Jersey.
