JD Vance attempted a charm offensive on Tuesday, and failed with the charm while succeeding in being offensive.
It happened during an announcement that former Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s son, Andrew Giuliani, would be leading a task force for the 2026 World Cup, which will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico next year.
Rather than stoke excitement for a global event that could be a tourism cash cow for North America, Vance decided to take a different approach — and joked about deporting the potential thousands of tourists visiting the U.S. for the occasion.
Oh hahahaha, now watch as you have the lowest WC attendance in history and be the first modern WC to lose money.
Genuine question, don’t almost all countries lose money when they host the World Cup?
FIFA literally keeps all ticket sales and broadcasting money. Your only hope is to entice more visitors in the future or be an European country that already has stadiums literally everywhere.
Genuine question, don’t almost all countries lose money when they host the World Cup?
No, they don’t. A lot of money is generated from the attendance via hotel bookings, restaurant meals, alcohol sales, day excursions, VAT taxes, etc. For the tourism industry it’s like shooting fish in a barrel.
I doubt FIFA is on the Republican take, and the event brings a bunch of brown people and Euros to town. Why would they care if it succeeds? If anything making it fail is part of their deliberate campaign of chaos.
I doubt FIFA is on the Republican take
Well that would be the first corrupt administration they didn’t jump in bed with at the first opportunity then.
Countries like Qatar, Brazil want to host the games for the prestige and the affinity for the sport.
US Republicans don’t give a shit about “soccer.” Being the brilliant dealmakers they are, they probably want FIFA to pay them.
How does the world cup define losing money? Because the absolute devastation that the world cup leaves in it’s wake to already poor and impoverished populations is definitely not being calculated. The human cost of labor exploitation alone is awful. But I guess that’s what they mean by “profitable” anyway.
That’s for host countries that have to build stadiums. WC2026 is going to use existing stadiums in the US, Canada and Mexico, just like WC1994 the last time in the US. Not every WC is like Qatar that had to build all new stadiums for all the venues. It’s always preferable that a host country already has capable stadiums like WC2014 in Brazil or WC2006 in Germany.
Dear Foreigner,
If you are coming to the US for the world cup you are fucking stupid. You’re going to spend thousands of your preferred currency to get harassed by Customs and if you fuck up and get arrested for whatever little thing the police that stops you has up his ass that day you run the risk of ending up in South America or Africa but not the part you are from, in a jail somewhere getting fucked.
Unless you are white, if you’re white come on over, have a beer. Remember, though, even if you are Spanish, Italian, Greek, or any of those other darkies you gay commie Europeans call white, you are going to get lumped in with the Mexicans, especially if you speak Mexican or eye tie.
Fuck you, countries full,
XOXO JD 😘 🛋😘 Vance XOXO
People willingly went to Qatar for the World Cup. Sports fans are fucking dumb and/or don’t give a shit about anything as long as they can see their team play and win. And for those that don’t know or forgot, Qatar killed thousands of workers violating human rights and basic safety when building all their stadiums.
Right, but Qatar committed to treating those tourists as guests, and as far as I know, did exactly that, even easing some of their morality laws for the visitors. Attending the Qatar World Cup was unethical, but not stupidly self-endangering. Attending the World Cup in the US under the current situation is stupidly self-endangering, especially if you aren’t “white”, but also sometimes even then.
Unless you are white, if you’re white come on over, have a beer
bzzt, even white people are getting fucked around with by ICE.
Look everyone knows Germany is just full of immigrants and Muslims so of course they got stopped especially those that come and go from Mexico. Nothing but illegals and fentanyl come out of Mexico.
Haha human rights violations are hilarious
This guy can’t even pretend to be a normal person.
He is the embodiment of mommy issues.
I would not take such words as “jokes” anymore. I take them as an open and dire warning not to travel to the US until the government has been taken care of.
I would not take such words as “jokes” anymore.
Pretty much.
For anyone out of the loop: https://www.dw.com/en/german-nationals-us-immigration-detained-interrogation-ice-donald-trump/a-71987211
Reminder that every time they say something that causes offense they say it was just a joke.
Narrator: it was not a joke
Treating all foreigners as criminals is something he’s so excited about, he just can’t keep quiet about it. There probably are some people dumb enough to go to that country just to watch some sports, but they aren’t going to have a good time.
Anyone who is mad enough to visit the US for attending a sports game in this day and age almost deserves that treatment. Like, are you ok?
I’ve been to over 50 countries in all seven continents, and I’ve lived in four of those. Never did I feel anything that I would would describe as fear.
I will be travelling to the US for an exchange program next month. I am afraid. To the point I am actually considering cancelling what could be a career changing opportunity.
I would consider canceling any dealings with US if said person isn’t white, even that is a stretch for this dogshit administration. I hope we see a general protest by making the World Cup barren.
As a sane person I am deeply sorry for any strife our government causes. Do your best to stay safe!
My feelings are your feelings… but I am not planning on traveling to the US.
You should be concerned, the US government will change your job title to El Salvadorian Detainee whether you want them to or not.
Is the opportunity “once in a lifetime” or can you find alternatives like Europe? Tbh things are too fucked up now, even I am afraid to travel there a few weeks to visit.
Is the opportunity “once in a lifetime” or can you find alternatives like Europe?
Generally speaking, opportunities are difficult to find and if you let go of one, depending on what kind of opportunity it is, you might get another one in a few years, or decades, or never. Depending on what line of work you’re in, European opportunities aren’t comparable to American ones either. Tech industry in Europe is in a laughable state, for an example.
I am in the US, and I despise what’s going on. So please do not take what I am about to say as a defense to what is happening here.
Things are pretty extreme right now, but they aren’t as bad as the extreme left media is making it out to be. I find news articles posted on Lemmy are often sensationalized. There are 100% things we need to worry about, and things I myself am fighting (most everything the orange man does). But I do not think it is so bad you should cancel a big opportunity for yourself. Obviously things are happening to people, but most people are traveling to and from the US without any issues. You aren’t going to hear reports about all the people who didn’t have any issues while traveling.
I do not think there is reason to believe anything would happen to you. The right doesn’t want you here, so they absolutely aren’t going to keep you here as a prisoner. If they wanted you out, you would gladly leave on your own accord and cover all the expenses. They wouldn’t spend more money making you leave if you don’t want to be here anyway.
God, these guys are tonedeaf.
Honestly I don’t think they are. They literally decided they were fine with committing treason, and their overall plan is probably similar to the bullshit great replacement theory they push. Except that they are literally selling the country out from under us, and will eventually start having ANYONE deported if they aren’t a cooperative slave, or part of the plan. As Americans disappear, I guarantee that more Russians and saudis will come into the country.
When you find “funny” how mean you can be to someone, you’re just making sure everyone knows you’re a fucking loser
Didn’t the Nazis host the Olympics? Why does history rhyme?
The stadium is still in use and home to Hertha Berlin.
Can the participating countries boycott the matches in that is held within the US?
Why should those countries be punished?
Exclude US and have them in Mx and Canada.
Or to piss them off more let Cuba and Venezuela hold some matches
At this rate, they’ll deport the players. Is it too late to move the 2026 world cup?
And they wonder why tourism is decreasing
A joke couched in truth
Most of the matches are in red or previous swing states, Washington is the only actually blue state on the roster, this would just be more hurting their own
Ah yes, California, the reddest state of all
Gotta feed those leopards
Massachusetts is hosting games.
That’s never stopped them before.
Was it so difficult to google the hosting states instead of amplifying random BS? …
