World Cup in 2026, in fascist USA? I don't think so unless Trump dies first

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

I just don’t see the rest of the world wanting anything to do with
an oppressive totalitarian government.

Yet in Nazi Germany, Hitler has his 1936 Olympics

So it’s possible the Trump Dictatorship can have World Cup.

I….don’t see how it can in the United States.

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) 2025-06-12T01:50:02.150Z

BlueSky post…..

How can the World Cup take place in the US next year? If you are foreign football fan, especially non-white fans from central and South America, Africa and Asia you risk being rounded up by ICE and sent without any due process to a prison in El Salvador. The US is now a fascist state and not safe

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A boat transporting individuals to a Telemundo party celebrating one year out from the World Cup was boarded by the coast guard. They checked the immigration status of the staff on the boat. The mayor of Miami-Dade, FIFA officials, and Telemundo leadership were present.

— Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn.bsky.social) 2025-06-12T01:20:31.708Z

Plain harassment and making sure people will not travel to the US for the games.
Millions of fans from south- and central America will watch them on TV.
The PR stupidity is unbelievable.
Also thousands of football fans from Europe will stay home.

— @holminjone 🇫🇮🇪🇺🌻🇺🇦 (@holminjone.bsky.social) 2025-06-12T11:23:12.500Z

Gestapo checkpoint

— Mr.Eddie8976 (@mreddie8976.bsky.social) 2025-06-12T11:31:12.099Z

This government continues to embarrass me at least 30 times a day.

Just wait until these goobers start arresting World Cup fans for waving their home countries' flags.

— Darrin Hall (@darrinhall15.bsky.social) 2025-06-12T03:06:27.670Z

[newdeal2]

1. FIFA is just as corrupt as Trump

They also handed him a replica golden trophy for his collection of tacky trinkets.

It’s happening, there just won’t be many fans from other countries attending. The economic benefit will be limited.

[sop]

2. Soccer hooligans from predominantly white european countries will be welcomed.

Organized european soccer hooligans are often linked to Neo-Nazism and white supremacism, they won't feel out of place at Trump's World Cup.

[BlueTsunami2018]

3. They just had it in Qatar, I'm sure we're fine.

FIFA isn’t pulling out and Piss isn’t cancelling it.

It’s coming here.

[Captain Zero]

4. Funny if it got moved to Canada

Nt

[BlueTsunami2018]

9. Not for me. They're playing some games in Philly.

That’s a lot of work for my union people.

[madville]

5. FIFA couldn't care less

As long as the checks clear. Yeah Qatar, where being gay, bi, or trans is illegal and being a woman is barely legal.

[EdmondDantes_]

6. and the stadiums were built with slave labor.

FIFA only cares about money.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

7. Nor the Olympics in LA in 2028.

If he lives that long, TACO Don will be 82. What Olympic Athlete will want to come here?

The TACO is BAD for business it seems.

[Wiz Imp]

8. It will definitely happen in US, whether anyone likes it or not.

It's too late to move it and Mexico and Canada cannot handle it alone. While I agree it would be in the best interest of all involved with the World Cup to not have the US involved at this point, it is too late to make a change now. The 11 stadiums in the US where it is being held have a capacity ranging from 65,000 to 82,500. The next largest 11 stadiums in Canada and Mexico not already being used have capacity of

58,500
56,000
56,000
47,000
46,000
42,000
41,000
39,000
35,000
35,000
34,000

At most, only 7 of these were submitted as part of the initial bid for the World Cup and several of those were eliminated by FIFA.

Although there are soccer-specific stadiums in Canada and the United States, the largest dedicated soccer-specific stadium in the U.S., Geodis Park in Nashville, Tennessee, seats 30,000, which falls short of FIFA's minimum of 40,000

Even if you assumed that all of these stadiums were available to use AND willing to host games (which is almost certainly not true), you are depending on the cities being able to handle the influx of visitors, not to mention that there are not enough stadiums to meet FIFAs standards to begin with. Add in that many tickets have likely already been sold, they would be forfeiting a ton of potential revenue.

It would be nice if they could do it, but there is absolutely NO WAY that Canada and Mexico or any other country could handle the World Cup with it just a year away.