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President Donald Trump praised the repression of the administration against crime in Washington, DC on Friday when he announced the draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup will take place at Kennedy Center on December 5.
The president was joined by the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, and the secretary of the Ministry of Internal Security Kristi Noem at the Oval Office for the announcement on Friday. Trump, now president of Kennedy Center, confirmed that the drawing of the group phase would take place at the place of the performing arts.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino, on the right, hands the trophy of the FIFA World Cup winners at President Donald Trump during an announcement at the Oval White House office on Friday August 22, 2025 in Washington. (AP photo / Jacquelyn Martin)
“On December 5 of this year, the draw for the FIFA World Cup 2026 will take place at the Kennedy Center. Some people call it the Trump-Kennedy Center, but we are not yet ready to do so-maybe in a week or two,” said Trump, shooting the group.
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“But here in Washington, DC, It is a great honor to bring the world event and this incredible group of people and these incredible athletes – the best athletes in the world – at the cultural center of the capital of our country. “”
Trump also took the opportunity to highlight the federal takeover of DC by his administration in order to repress the crime.
“By the way, in Washington, DC, we have the lowest crime numbers they have had for years. Zero. This is a horrible thing to say, but I could as well say it, zero murder last week since we did it. It is the first time in mind.”
Washington, the mayor of DC, Muriel Bowser, speaks at a press conference after President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department at Wilson Building on August 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Images Kevin Dietsch / Getty)
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“It was dangerous. It was horrible,” continued the president, ” Mayor [Muriel] Bowser Better to grant her act or she will not be mayor very long because we will take care of it with the federal government, manage it as it is supposed to be managed. “”
Trump joked in Infantino that the city “will be good” just in time for the draw, joking that the Italian sports figure “could manage you” despite everything.
“The FIFA World Cup 2026 will be the most important and most complex ensemble of events in the history of sport, and the Kennedy Center will give it a phenomenal kick-off and will be involved, and they will work there for a little time. We have everything so that they can stay there for major events, major press conferences and all that is good.
President Donald Trump speaks alongside the FIFA World Cup trophy in the White House Oval Office on Friday August 22, 2025 in Washington. (AP photo / Jacquelyn Martin)
Trump has created a White House working group earlier this year in anticipation of the Club World Cup and the FIFA 2026 World Cup, which will mainly be organized by the United States, Canada and Mexico will also host several games.
The international tournament, covering North America, will start in June 2026 and is the first World Cup in more than two decades which will take place in several countries. The tournament will be organized in 16 cities, starting with 48 teams and playing 104 games in total.
In the United States, the matches will be played in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Kansas City, Atlanta, Miami, Boston, Philadelphia and East Rutherford, New Jersey.
