Nobody's gonna mention that I got Olympics and Fifa World Cup: Donald Trump rails against opposition
US President Donald Trump
US President
Donald Trump
boasted about securing both
2028 Olympics
and the
2026 Fifa World Cup
in the United States and explained his motivation to run in 2024.
Addressing the
Kennedy Center
board members at the White House gathering, Trump claimed that opponents had "rigged" the 2020 election.
'We got the Olympics and then we got through Gianni, he's the boss, he's a friend of mine, we got the World Cup. I got them both and I said, 'Man, I won't be president. I got the Olympics and the World Cup and I won't be president and they're gonna forget that I got them, nobody's gonna mention it because, you know, a little bit, that's the way life is. And then they rigged the election," he said.
" And then I said, you know what I'll do? I'll run again and I'll shove it up their a**.
And that's what I did. And all of a sudden, I then realized, I said, you know what? I got the Olympics, I got the World cup, and I got the 250th. Look at the way this works out. So if they would have left us alone and wouldn't have cheated on the election and wouldn't have rigged it, I would have been retired right now. I would have been happily doing something else.
And instead, they have me for four more years. Can you believe it? So it has rigged," he added.
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Meanwhile, Trump also criticised the previous administration of the Kennedy Center, declaring that the prominent Washington cultural venue's era of "rampant political propaganda" had concluded since his personal assumption of control.
"When I said, I'll do this, I hadn't been there," Trump addressed the centre's new board members at the White House gathering.
He quipped about not accepting positions without prior inspection, noting that despite substantial financial investment over the past decade, the facility was in poor condition.
Following his return to office in January, Trump removed several long-term board members. New appointees subsequently installed him as chairman in February.
This decision led to the departure of prominent figures, including television producer Shonda Rhimes and musician Ben Folds, from their leadership roles.
The Kennedy Center, traditionally supported across party lines, has never previously had a US president at its helm.
"The building was falling apart. In addition, the programming was out of control with rampant political propaganda, DEI and inappropriate shows," Trump stated, expressing disapproval of LGBTQ content.
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