Plenty of games will be played in Canada and Mexico. No ICE deportations during the World Cup there. If you have a tattoo you might want to avoid USA venues. Maybe FIFA should reconsider some choices. Edmonton Alberta Canada would be happy to help.
At least maybe the traffic jams due to the Olympics may not be as bad. (Hey, I’m from Los Angeles, traffic is like the top three things I think about.)
Don’t kid yourself. The last Football WC was in Qatar, 2034 is going to be in Saudi Arabia. The Olympic Games 2014 were the great distraction before Russia invaded Crimea, 2022 was in Beijing (remember the Uighurs?). FIFA and the IOC don‘t care, most fans don‘t care and most athletes don‘t either.
This makes me incredibly sad for the athletes, for all of us. The Olympics are one of those rare events where people can come together in joy, in celebration, in friendly competition, and the orange guy just ruins everything. 😕
Tbf the Olympics and the World Cup have both been held in countries with authoritarian regimes so —- the US becoming an authoritarian regime doesn’t exactly change the stakes re those events.
That’s definitely true, but I think that the dynamic could be different now where public opinion is much more important. If the western European countries won’t participate, you can’t have a real World Cup.
I think America is more in line with what FIFA and the Olympic committee wants today, than they were when they were awarded the games from the respective bodies.
Germany had the 1936 Olympics and people showed up there. Someone needs to organize another event for Olympic or World Cup qualifiers to compete in elsewhere. Imagine how that would look if another event out-staged the Olympics or World Cup. Probably not enough time to do that for the World Cup tho.
Simple answer: they wouldn't.
Many of the best teams are South American. As the tournament approaches, expect their governing bodies to withdraw from any games they have to play in USA.
What do you think caused his death?
Apart from that: What happened in the last weeks to different people from abroad that visited the US and what we hear from deportations of so called gang members plus the new political agenda the US shows to the world, people think twice before visiting the US.
To be clear, I’m not trying to minimize what’s happening now in the US. I’m just saying Russia and Qatar are very dangerous places for visitors also and that hasn’t hindered the Olympics or WC much.
I believe Wahl was poisoned. Too coincidental for a 48yo to die right after wearing that shirt there
Yup, I've been wondering about this, too. What would it take for the races to be cancelled? Would Liberty Media ever cancel US races? Will this be a green washing/democracy washing event?
F1/FIA take a very head-in-sand approach to geopolitics...
Like the 36 Olympics in Nazi Germany. This is our Authoritarian government. They will clean things up, for a couple of weeks, cash in and then return to disappearing people to remote prisons.
No one should come to the US for anything. It is too dangerous to travel here. Personally, I’m nervous about traveling with the fear they will arrest me.
For sure the potential sponsors will be reviewing the level of their support.
They won't want their brands to be associated with a boycotted event.
And without sponsors, the Olympics and the World Cup can't happen in their current form.
It can't possibly be here. ICE cannot be trusted to follow the law or constitution, or show any humanitarian decency. Athletes and visitors who have angered Trump, Putin or Netanyahu will be disappeared. Americans should boycott it too.
I hope that many nations boycott the Olympics in particular. It’ll be a direct slap in the face to Trump and his subsequent rants on Truth Social will be hilarious.
Hey if we get a bunch of Japanese,French,Brazilians caught up in our dragnet and send them to El Salvador, shit happens. Sorry, but not sorry. THAT seems to be the philosophy of the head of the Trump Gestapo, in Tom Homan. Tommy doesn't think he has to listen to Judges. Time to slap Tommy down.
That is how to make America great again. If ICE hold them long enough, America may actually be able to win 100% of the medal. Just pray they don't forget to release them when the competition is over
Succinct expression of the truth! I might add that the millions that accrue to universities from foreign students might also disappear. What parent would spend a fortune to send their child to be educated in such a dangerously xenophobic and increasingly lawless country.
Because Donald Trump is a dynamic visionary. Only he can understand the complexities of running such a giant business as 'Murica. First, theres a lot of math, and then the tariffs which is what makes everyone a ton of money for some reason or the other, and then BOOM. We are all swimming in money.
No one from any country should be trying to enter the US right now. We apologize for the trouble, but we have a bunch of nuts running the country right now and if your travel documents even have a comma out of place then you could disappear in a foreign prison without recourse.
May I remind you of the World Cup in Saudi Arabia?
Lots of talk about boycotting because of womens rights and the treatment of the heavily underpaid stadiumbuilders, but in the end every country went and principles were shoved aside.
I remember well. The Olympics have seen boycotts a few times over the years. We are a few yrs from both events and if the US keeps trending downward, then it sets the stage. I hope that isn’t the case, but we’re (sadly) locked into Trump until Jan 2029.
The difference between the US vs Saudi or Qatar is that the current policies of the US are a direct threat to the PLAYERS, their families, their coaches and team support staff- not 'just' women or migrants or LBGTQ2S folks. How many w.c participants are brown skinned folks with lots of tattoos?
I agree completely with cancelling both the 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Olympics. Why would we want to subject visitors to possible harassment or deportations because Trump and company decide they didn't like something they wrote in the past?
Hopefully before the time for those events comes, things will have changed, but if not, boycott the hell out of us and make us realize just how off course we are.
No way these events will happen in the US. There’s just no way we can pull this off without trump making a mess of it. Why would anyone come here from a different country? Too risky.
'As the list of nations issuing travel warnings to the US grows, some visitors are opting to boycott it entirely. Here's why many foreigners are changing their travel plans and what this could mean for Americans.'
I wouldn't travel to the US if you paid me. I tend to stay away from countries governed by fraudulent fascist regimes and led by lying, lowlife lunatics.
If other nations boycott^H^H^H stay home, doesn't that mean we can just change the rules to benefit the home teams? NASCAR as an Olympic sport and adding roughing the kicker to soccer should give us a nice boost.
an even more fair question is why would ANYONE visit america until this abysmal administration is ousted.
having a post that the orange man baby or ellen disapproves of will get you deported , NO MATTER WHAT YOUR LEGAL STAUTUS IS when you enter the ununited states of anarchy.
People will have to take the same precautions tourists take in other authoritarian, in democratic countries. Keep you passport on you, avoid politics and protests, travel in groups.
Thought about this a lot. I think, also, that Putin’s little bitch will pressure the Olympic Committee to allow Russia to participate under its own flag, although it’s too late for World Cup.
Oh, I know. Refugees should be welcomed. Hell, as a Russian speaker with extensive experience living in the former USSR, including being a student in Moscow 35+ years ago, and working against Russian “business” infiltration in the Balkans for 5+ years, I could be an asset for them.
I would feel hypocritical given my years of complaints at the complacency of Russian citizens if I didn’t stand on the notion that we must be made to clean up our own mess.
Another side of me asks, “Would that just provoke him and give him an excuse to get Congress to end NATO participation, and participation in all the other orgs of which we still take part? Maybe humor him until the cholesterol/drugs finally do their job?”
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All countries went, so all principles were shoved aside.
Many of the best teams are South American. As the tournament approaches, expect their governing bodies to withdraw from any games they have to play in USA.
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Apart from that: What happened in the last weeks to different people from abroad that visited the US and what we hear from deportations of so called gang members plus the new political agenda the US shows to the world, people think twice before visiting the US.
I believe Wahl was poisoned. Too coincidental for a 48yo to die right after wearing that shirt there
F1/FIA take a very head-in-sand approach to geopolitics...
Isn’t the IOC a microcosm of the authoritarian state? Pomp, might, nationalism.
And in its wake: waste, ruin, and grift.
Think of the marginalized people displaced and neglected to have rotting sporting venues. US being the exception here.
I tend to stay away from cult led countries ruled by toxic tyrants and lawless lunatics.
Also, I have to do this... forgive me... ROTHSCHILD! *iron maiden playing* ROTHSCHILD!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_FIFA_Club_World_Cup
They won't want their brands to be associated with a boycotted event.
And without sponsors, the Olympics and the World Cup can't happen in their current form.
Such a tragedy for the athletes.
Lots of talk about boycotting because of womens rights and the treatment of the heavily underpaid stadiumbuilders, but in the end every country went and principles were shoved aside.
Boycott The Olympics!
The more the world makes us suffer, the faster enough people will understand this and we can fight off the cancer of MAGA
Don't Go...
Elbows Up Canada...
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250328-the-people-boycotting-travel-to-the-us
Elbows Up!
having a post that the orange man baby or ellen disapproves of will get you deported , NO MATTER WHAT YOUR LEGAL STAUTUS IS when you enter the ununited states of anarchy.
Doesn’t that make you proud to be an American? /s
Boycott the US until some normalcy is restored.
No products, no services, no visas.
Alas…
Best thing to do is laugh at him, though.