Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Dismisses Trump Threat To Remove World Cup Games From City

The politician of Boston, Michelle Wu, implied nan metropolis was fresh for a face-off pinch nan US president Donald Trump over his claim he could bid Fifa to region World Cup games from Gillette Stadium successful Foxborough, 22 miles south-west of nan city.

Wu appeared connected section podcast “Java pinch Jimmy” connected Wednesday to respond to Tuesday’s disapproval from nan White House, which branded nan Democrat arsenic “radical left”. Trump threatened he would make a telephone to nan Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, if Boston did not “clean up its act”.

“Much of it is locked down by statement truthful that nary azygous person, moreover if they unrecorded successful nan White House currently, tin undo it,” Wu said. “We’re successful a world wherever for drama, for control, for pushing nan boundaries … ongoing threats … are issued to individuals and communities who garbage to backmost down and comply aliases beryllium pious to a hateful agenda.

“We are going to proceed to beryllium who we are and that means, unfortunately, we are going to beryllium successful a speech successful a measurement that is targeting Boston’s values,” Wu added. “Ten toes down for Boston.”

Donald Trump and nan Fifa leader, Gianni Infantino, astatine Monday’s Gaza acme successful Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Photograph: Yoan Valat/Reuters

Infantino appeared successful photographs alongside Trump astatine nan Gaza acme earlier this week. The Fifa president has besides visited nan Oval Office and presented World Cup and Club World Cup trophies to Trump arsenic gifts.

On Tuesday, Trump was asked astir caller disturbances successful South Boston that included a constabulary conveyance being group connected fire. “If personification is doing a bad job, and if I consciousness there’s unsafe conditions, I would telephone Gianni [Infantino] – nan caput of Fifa, who’s phenomenal,” Trump replied.

“I would say: ‘Let’s move into different location’ and they would do that. He wouldn’t emotion to do it. But he would do it very easily.” Trump besides straight criticised Wu, saying: “Their politician is not bully … she’s extremist left, and they’re taking complete parts of Boston. That’s a beautiful large statement, right?”

Trump has made erstwhile comments suggesting he would return up nan aforesaid speech pinch Infantino astir moving games from Seattle and San Francisco, which are among nan 16 big cities crossed North America.

The United States are associated hosts of nan 2026 World Cup, alongside Mexico and Canada. The 48-team arena is scheduled to beryllium played from 11 June to 19 July adjacent summer.