SEATTLE — Seattle leaders are pushing back after President Donald Trump suggested the city could lose its role as a FIFA World Cup host over safety concerns.

Seattle is slated to host six World Cup matches at Lumen Field in the summer of 2026, an event expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the globe. But during a Thursday press conference, President Trump said games could be moved if he deems a city unsafe.

"If I think it's not safe, we're going to move it out of that city," Trump said.

Pressed specifically on Seattle and San Francisco — two Democratic-led host cities — the president criticized their leadership. "We're going to make sure that they're safe," Trump said. "They're run by radical left lunatics that don't know what they're doing."

While Trump later

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