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.
Well that would be the first corrupt administration they didn’t jump in bed with at the first opportunity then.
Yeah, holding the world cup in dictatorships is kind of their thing.
At what point is it a fetish for them?
It’s just plain corruption, but I guess they get off on having lots of money?
As long as the cheque clears, they don’t care.
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.