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President Donald Trump on Friday asked if an under-construction soccer stadium in Queens, New York, would be available for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, kicking up a round of mockery on social media. (Watch the video below.)
“That’s going to be a hella long commute from L.A.,” one observer snarked.
“He’s such an idiot!” wrote another.
At a stop in Abu Dhabi, an official showed the president a rendering of Etihad Park for the New York City FC team of Major League Soccer. (Etihad Airways is the national airline of the United Arab Emirates.)
Trump noted that he grew up in Queens and knows the area well. He said the site was “where they used to fix the cars and a lot of other things got fixed there.”
Trump asked, “Will they be using that in the Olympics?”
Despite the apparent blunder, the official answered, “It will be available to be used.”
Trump later remarked that the World Cup 2026 and the Olympics in the U.S. were approaching, which is perhaps where his confusion began.
However, the president may not have been totally off the mark regarding the Olympics.
Etihad Park is expected to be operational for the 2027 Major League Soccer season, so it could conceivably (though highly unlikely) be used for the L.A. Games. (Olympic officials have yet to announce other soccer stadiums besides the Rose Bowl.)
The Olympic soccer tournament, including the Paris Games last summer, has often used sites outside the host city for matches. The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics even used Harvard and the Naval Academy.
Still, Trump critics had a ball calling him out:
I mean, my American geography is shamefully bad but even I know that LA and NYC are about as far removed from one another as it’s possible to be…. 🤪🤪
— Duncan Shea-Simonds (@DSS123) May 16, 2025The laughter behind his back has to be loud. Oh, to be a fly on the wall...
— Better Days🇺🇸 ✡️🎗️☮️ ✝️ (@CanonTakeMeAway) May 16, 2025Lol where’s @piersmorgan whining about Trump’s cognitive abilities ?! The double standard is pervasive!!
— David Law ⚖️ (@12SDN91) May 16, 2025On today’s episode of What Stupid Shit Will Trump Say Today?
— you don’t know me (@la_crawley) May 16, 2025Talk about being DUMB, trump is!!!
— Helen Self (@Helens31Self) May 16, 202520 Years Of Free Journalism
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Another classic “imagine if Biden” moment
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