FIFA VP pushes back on Trump comments about moving World Cup games from 'dangerous' cities

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Source: AP

LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump was reminded Wednesday that FIFA, not any government, ultimately decides which cities will host 2026 World Cup games.

Trump suggested last week he could declare cities “not safe” for the 104-game soccer tournament next summer and alter a detailed hosting plan that FIFA confirmed in 2022. It includes NFL stadiums near New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The 11 U.S. host cities, plus three in Mexico and two in Canada, are contracted with FIFA which would face significant logistical and legal issues to make changes in the eight months before the June 11 kickoff.

“It’s FIFA’s tournament, FIFA’s jurisdiction, FIFA makes those decisions,” the soccer body’s vice president Victor Montagliani said Wednesday at a sports business conference in London.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-fifa-trump-montagliani-e279b7f9c76afd751ac61643dfa1527a

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Move them all to Canada and Mexico. No ICE detentions. . . . . nt

[groundloop]

2. Yep, I'm terrified tRump will do something really stupid during the games.

In fact I'd think it's almost a certainty that he will.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. And then there's the Olympics. . . . nt

[EarthFirst]

5. Yep.

He’s already made his threats against the NFL and the Super Bowl.

Time for FIFA to make a contingency to move the games hosted in the United States.

He will make himself the spectacle one way or another…

[RainCaster]

9. FIFA should make contingencies

That include moving the games completely out of the US. They should also have an open public conversation with the ICC about how to file a criminal complaint against TSF if he does get ICE involved in any amount.

[C Moon]

4. Now he thinks he's ruler of everything.

[angrychair]

7. Little point in it being here at all

Tickets are several hundred dollars or more a person.
Most foreign travelers are not coming to the US
The US men's team is mid at best and the only reason they are even in the World Cup is because they are one of the three host nations.

It would probably be better for everyone if all the games just shifted to Canada and Mexico.

[Tetrachloride]

8. F word would be simpler.

[SunSeeker]

10. So NY was fine for the '25 Ryder Cup and LA is fine for the '28 Olympics, but not for the World Cup?

What bullshit! Trump, as usual, is trying to punish with blue cities for not bending the knee to him.