"I think it's going to make it more exciting," Mr. Trump said of playing the World Cup amid sharp rhetoric between leaders of the host nations amid the on-again, off-again tariffs.

President Donald Trump created a task force Friday to prepare for the 2026 World Cup, which will bring the globe’s premier soccer tournament to North America at a time when Trump’s on-again-off-again tariffs have ratcheted up tensions across the continent.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order establishing a White House task force for the 2026 World Cup. The White House says the task force – which will be chaired by President Trump — will oversee preparations for the Club World Cup,