Trump tells young volleyball hopeful ‘soccer might be better’

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6 May 2026 • 8:09 PM MYT
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Trump tells young volleyball hopeful ‘soccer might be better’

Donald Trump gave some brutal advice to a young volleyball player during a White House event on Wednesday (6 May).

The US president met with school children and professional athletes as he revived the Presidential Fitness Test, more than a decade after it was phased out by Barack Obama.

After one young girl told him that she plays volleyball but is going to start playing soccer in the summer, he asked her: "At your height, do you smash the ball in the volleyball?"

The girl admitted that she struggles with that, to which Mr Trump replied: "Soccer might be better."

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