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angrychair

(11,214 posts)

7. Little point in it being here at all

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2025, 07:38 PM

18 hrs ago

Tickets are several hundred dollars or more a person.
Most foreign travelers are not coming to the US
The US men's team is mid at best and the only reason they are even in the World Cup is because they are one of the three host nations.

It would probably be better for everyone if all the games just shifted to Canada and Mexico.

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FIFA VP pushes back on Trump comments about moving World Cup games from 'dangerous' cities [View all] LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago OP

Move them all to Canada and Mexico. No ICE detentions. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 20 hrs ago #1

Yep, I'm terrified tRump will do something really stupid during the games. groundloop 19 hrs ago #2

And then there's the Olympics. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 19 hrs ago #3

Yep. EarthFirst 19 hrs ago #5

FIFA should make contingencies RainCaster 16 hrs ago #9

Now he thinks he's ruler of everything. C Moon 19 hrs ago #4

This message was self-deleted by its author LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago #6

Little point in it being here at all angrychair 18 hrs ago #7

F word would be simpler. Tetrachloride 18 hrs ago #8

So NY was fine for the '25 Ryder Cup and LA is fine for the '28 Olympics, but not for the World Cup? SunSeeker 15 hrs ago #10