What does Trump's foreign policy mean for World Cup?

[Coventina]

A group of cross-party MPs have called on Fifa to consider expelling the United States from the World Cup until the country demonstrates "clear compliance with international law and respect for the sovereignty of other nations".

It follows the seizure by US forces of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in a raid on the capital city Caracas this month, along with warnings that US president Donald Trump has recently issued to a host of other countries.

So with the US due to host both the World Cup and Olympics over the next two and a half years, what questions does America's foreign policy raise for sports organisations, and could any take a stand?

Back in December, Fifa awarded Trump its inaugural 'Peace Prize' at the 2026 World Cup draw ceremony in Washington, saying he had "played a pivotal role" in establishing a ceasefire and promoted peace between Israel and Palestine, and that he has sought to end other conflicts.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c2051p7ej1vo

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I saw what appeared to be a semi-speculative thread on this subject earlier on DU, so I thought I'd post this from the BEEB.

[malaise]

1. K & R

Important
The 1980 Olympics redux. That was US led

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics_boycott

[leftstreet]

2. US was chosen in 2018

Guess they didn't foresee Trump 2

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. 'Cancel your tickets': Calls grow to boycott US-hosted FIFA World Cup over Trump Admin

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

www.rawstory.com/world-cup-26...

— br00t4c (@br00t4c.bsky.social) 2026-01-10T19:24:16.357Z

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.”

Link to tweet

[RT Atlanta]

4. For the rest of the world, it's the right call to push back

For the cities selected to host events, if there's a withdrawal or significant change (think old school Olympic boycott), the cities that long-planned for the events will not reap their 'superbowl' type financial reward.

This is a lever the World has against the U.S. and if our 'elected' national leadership continues to do stupid shit on the world stage and feign the human rights that we once championed to the rest of the world, U.S. will have 'fafo'd'