Trump Threatens to Move World Cup Games Out of Seattle Following ‘Communist’ Mayor’s Election
Jennifer Bowers Bahney Nov 17th, 2025, 3:46 pm
During an Oval Office meeting on the upcoming International Federation of Association Football World Cup, President Donald Trump threatened to move games out of 2026 host city Seattle, if the new “communist” mayor causes problems.
Katie Wilson , who identifies as a democratic socialist like New York’s Zohran Mamdani , recently won the mayoral contest in the West Coast’s fifth-largest city.
“If we think there’s going to be a sign of any trouble, I would ask Gianni [Infantino] to move that to a different city,” Trump said, referring to FIFA’s president .
“We have a lot of cities that would love to have it, number one,” Trump said. “And

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