Trump told an international audience that the United States has 'got football wrong' and said the National Football League should find a new name so the sport known globally as football can reclaim the term in America.
Speaking at the FIFA World Cup 2026 final draw at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Trump, who was presented with FIFA's inaugural Peace Prize at the event, repeatedly referred to the sport both as 'soccer' and 'football' and suggested the U.S. should rename the sport Americans call football so there is no 'conflict' over the word.
