Should it be called 'football' or 'soccer'? President Trump weighs in during FIFA World Cup drawing

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00:00And now, the President of Mexico, Claudia Scheinbaum.

00:19Thank you, James.

00:20Good evening.

00:21Please, sit on the side of the first place.

00:24And now, the 45th and 47th President of the United States, Mr. Donald J. Trump.

00:38Mr. President, this way, this way.

00:41Or this way, whatever.

00:42You can do what you want.

00:46This is your place.

00:49So, this is the World Cup trophy.

00:52This is the official ball for the World Cup.

00:56And we are now going to do the draw, ladies and gentlemen.

01:01But before that, as is customary, there is always a question that the moderator asks,

01:09the draw assistant.

01:10So, I would like to start with Mr. Carney.

01:16How big a deal is it to co-host the World Cup for Canada?

01:21Difficult question, I know, but...

01:22It is the biggest of deals, Gianni.

01:27You know, it's the number one sport for Canadian boys and girls.

01:31Two-thirds of the country watched the last World Cup.

01:37And we are partnered with the United States and Mexico, welcoming the world.

01:42There's more than 200 nationalities in Canada, more than 200 nationalities in FIFA.

01:47And if the top 48 are coming to North America, it is going to be the biggest deal ever.

01:53Fantastic.

01:55Thank you so much.

01:59Presidenta Sheinbaum, la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026,

02:04será el evento deportivo más grande de la historia.

02:08Y México hará historia al convertirse en el único país en albergar tres ediciones del torneo.

02:16¿Qué significado tiene esto para las y los mexicanos?

02:22Bueno, estamos orgullosos, orgullosas de recibir por tercera vez la Copa Mundial.

02:30México es un país extraordinario, bello, mágico y millones visitarán nuestra nación.

02:38Además, quiero decirles que tenemos un pueblo extraordinario, trabajador y algo especial.

02:44Nosotros disfrutamos del juego de pelota desde tiempos ancestrales.

02:50Fenomenal. Gracias.

02:55Mr. President, President Trump, next summer is historic for the United States in more than one way.

03:03What does it mean to you that the FIFA World Cup is actually taking place in the United States' 250th birthday?

03:11Well, for years, Johnny, they've thought soccer or football would be so big, so fast.

03:19And I remember, I shouldn't say this because it was a long time ago,

03:23but I remember watching Pelé play on a team called the Cosmos.

03:28Pelé, who is fantastic, as you know, I assume one of the greats.

03:31Oh, yes. Pelé.

03:33Let's applaud Pelé, please.

03:34One of the greatest.

03:35And he scored three goals out there.

03:39I said, that man can play.

03:40I was pretty young at that point.

03:43And who knew this was going to happen?

03:45But when you look at what has happened to football in the United States,

03:51again, soccer in the United States, we seem to never call it that

03:55because we have a little bit of a conflict with another thing that's called football.

03:58But when you think about it, shouldn't it really be called?

04:01I mean, this is football.

04:03There's no question about it.

04:04We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff.

04:06Yeah, yeah.

04:07It really doesn't make sense when you think about it.

04:10It is really football.

04:11But who would have thought it would have come to a level

04:14where you've set your all-time season ticket ratings,

04:19nobody's ever sold as many tickets,

04:22and you're still a long way from that ball being kicked down the field.

04:26So I just want to congratulate you.

04:28What an incredible leap this has been.

04:31And congratulations to FIFA.

04:34Thank you, President.

04:35Big round of applause.

04:36And the best is still to come, of course.

04:39So let's start with the draw.

04:41I will just show you how it works.

04:43I've done a few of them.

04:45Don't be scared, right?

04:47So you have to basically mingle the balls a little bit.

04:51You can see, I show this for the public, you see.

04:56Mingle.

04:56And then, one by one, we start with Mr. Carney.

05:00You pick one.

05:02Wait, wait, wait.

05:03Wait, wait.

05:05You open it.

05:08You see there is a little paper inside.

05:12You take out the paper.

05:13These two things, you can throw them in here.

05:16And then you can show to the public

05:19what you have drawn,

05:21which for me is FIFA, of course.

05:24I'm just the moderator.

05:26Mr. Carney, do you want to start?

05:29Don't forget.

05:30And pick the right ball, please.

05:33Aha.

05:34Already chosen.

05:36Okay.

05:36Let's see which team will be drawn

05:40by Mr. Mark Carney.

05:46Oh, Canada.

05:49Oh, congratulations.

05:51Canada, ladies and gentlemen.

05:54The first team drawn in this World Cup group.

05:59B1 for Canada, by the way.

06:00We can continue.

06:02Por favor, podemos seguir, presidenta.

06:06Vamos a ver el sorteo más importante del mundo.

06:12Y vamos a ver cuál es el equipo.

06:17¡Viva México!

06:18¡México!

06:19¡México!

06:20¡México!

06:22Felicidades.

06:23México, Grupo A1, presidenta.

06:27Grupo A1 por México.

06:28Muchas gracias.

06:29President Trump, up to you.

06:31Don't forget to mingle.

06:32Yeah.

06:33To mix.

06:33I think I know what this is going to be now.

06:35Everything.

06:37But let's see.

06:38Are you sure?

06:39Are you sure this is the ball?

06:40You can still change it if you want.

06:43Hmm.

06:43Does he know something that I don't know?

06:46Let's give it a shot.

06:47Let's give it a shot.

06:48Let's give it a shot.

06:49I agree.

06:51Okay.

06:51This is shocking.

06:57United States of America.

07:02Excellent.

07:03Group D1.

07:04Can I ask all the three of you to lift like this?

07:07Yes.

07:07Okay.

07:08On your chest.

07:09In front of your chest like this.

07:11Yeah.

07:12The name of the country.

07:13We'll give a nice photo.

07:17Excellent.

07:18And if I can ask you to come in front here

07:20for another photo with the paper

07:22con el papelito, por favor.

07:25There.

07:25Here where you can see the.

07:26Okay.

07:27Voilà.

07:27Here for another photo

07:29so that everyone can see

07:30what you have drawn.

07:32Here we are.

07:32Thank you very much.

07:40Well done.

07:41Congratulations.

07:43Great assistance.

07:44If I may take a selfie with the three of you.

07:47Okay.

07:48Thanks.

07:51Come, come.

07:52Here we go.

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