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'Cancel your tickets': Calls grow to boycott US-hosted FIFA World Cup over Trump admin [View all]
The World Cup needs to be cancelled or moved. “Visiting the United States simply isn’t safe.”
‘Cancel your tickets’: Calls grow to boycott US-hosted FIFA World Cup over Trump admin
— br00t4c (@br00t4c.bsky.social) 2026-01-10T19:24:16.357Z
www.rawstory.com/world-cup-26...
https://www.rawstory.com/world-cup-2674872045/
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup set to be hosted in the United States this summer, calls have grown for a global boycott and ticket cancellations in protest of the Trump administration and its increasingly aggressive deployment of federal immigration agents.
“I had to cancel my World Cup plans,” wrote Ramy Abdu, a Palestinian academic and assistant professor of law and finance, in a social media post on X Friday. “Visiting the United States simply isn’t safe.”.....
However, in the wake of the killing of 37-year-old Renee Good – the Minnesota woman who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Wednesday – and Trump’s subsequent deployment of over 100 more agents to the state, critics have increased calls for sports fans worldwide to boycott the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
“Would you have gone to watch the Olympics in Nazi Germany in 1936?” asked Pekka Kallioniemi, a Finnish social media analyst with a focus on propaganda and disinformation, in a social media post on X Friday. “If the answer is no, it’s time to cancel your US World Cup tickets.”
“I had to cancel my World Cup plans,” wrote Ramy Abdu, a Palestinian academic and assistant professor of law and finance, in a social media post on X Friday. “Visiting the United States simply isn’t safe.”.....
However, in the wake of the killing of 37-year-old Renee Good – the Minnesota woman who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Wednesday – and Trump’s subsequent deployment of over 100 more agents to the state, critics have increased calls for sports fans worldwide to boycott the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
“Would you have gone to watch the Olympics in Nazi Germany in 1936?” asked Pekka Kallioniemi, a Finnish social media analyst with a focus on propaganda and disinformation, in a social media post on X Friday. “If the answer is no, it’s time to cancel your US World Cup tickets.”
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