New Jersey, July 19 -- US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) said that the country would seek to host the FIFA World Cup again, expressing confidence in Washington's successful staging of the tournament and how it thus made a strong case for another bid.

He made the remarks in an interview to Fox Sports ahead of the football final between Argentina and Spain, taking place at New York New Jersey Stadium.

Trump said the overwhelming response to the World Cup had exceeded expectations and that the US would "be requesting it again immediately."

"Based on the numbers, we will be requesting it again immediately... We have to do this again, and we have to do it while I'm around. You hear that, Gianni?" Trump said, referring to FIFA...