Trump: NFL needs a new name because Soccer is the real Football

NEW: Trump suggests the NFL should come up with a new name because there is "no question" that soccer is actually football.

"Soccer in the United States, we seem to never call it that because we have a little bit of a conflict with another thing that's called football."

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— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 5, 2025

NEW: Trump suggests the NFL should come up with a new name because there is “no question” that soccer is actually football.”Soccer in the United States, we seem to never call it that because we have a little bit of a conflict with another thing that’s called football.”

“But when you think about it … I mean, this is football, there’s no question about it. We have to come up with another name for the NFL. It really doesn’t make sense when you think about it.”