Trump says America should change football's name so soccer can have it: 'It really doesn't make sense'

President Donald Trump suggested that the American athletics of shot should person a antithetic name, truthful that soccer, which is called shot successful astir each different country, tin presume the name. 

Trump's comments came during the World Cup gully successful Washington, D.C., connected Friday portion discussing soccer's maturation successful the U.S.

"When you look astatine what has happened to shot successful the United States, again shot successful the United States, we look to ne'er telephone it that due to the fact that we person a small spot of a struggle with different happening that's called football, but erstwhile you deliberation astir it, shouldn't it truly beryllium called, I mean this is football, there's nary question astir it. We request to travel up with different sanction for the NFL stuff," Trump said. 

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"It truly doesn't marque sense, erstwhile you deliberation astir it." 

Trump was besides awarded the precise archetypal FIFA Peace Prize astatine the gully connected Friday. 

FIFA President Gianni Infantino gave Trump the award, which included a trophy of aureate hands holding a shot ball. He was besides awarded with a medal that helium enactment connected astir immediately.

"The FIFA Peace Prize is presented annually connected behalf of the billions of football-loving radical from astir the satellite to a distinguished idiosyncratic who exemplifies an unwavering committedness to advancing bid and unity passim the satellite done their notable enactment and action," a certificate awarded to Trump read.

TRUMP SAYS US READY TO HOST WORLD CUP, WILL 'TAKE CARE' OF CRIME IN HOST CITIES

U.S. President Donald Trump, poses for a selfie with Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, onstage during the FIFA World Cup 2026 gully astatine John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Dec. 5, 2025, successful Washington, D.C. (Emilee Chinn/FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

In March, Trump signed an enforcement bid establishing the task unit for the soccer tournament, which volition beryllium hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Trump serves arsenic the seat of the task force, portion Vice President JD Vance serves arsenic the vice chair. As the enforcement director, Rudy Giuliani's lad was tasked with managing and overseeing regular operations. 

The United States is location to 11 of the 16 big cities.

The president antecedently threatened to determination games retired of cities if they were deemed unsafe, but aft arriving astatine the Kennedy Center connected Friday, helium reaffirmed his assurance successful the information of those cities and vowed national enactment if needed. 

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President Donald Trump picks the United States for Group D during the FIFA World Cup 2026 authoritative gully astatine John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Dec. 5, 2025, successful Washington, D.C.  (Brad Smith/ISI Photos/ISI Photos via Getty Images)

The title lucifer volition instrumentality spot connected July 19 astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey.

The planetary tournament, spanning North America, volition statesman successful June 2026 and is the archetypal World Cup successful much than 2 decades to instrumentality spot successful aggregate countries.

Fox News' Paulina Dedaj and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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