FIFA World Cup 2026: Trump, Racism, and Football Politics is among the main developments being tracked today. As the FIFA World Cup unfolds in North America, visa denials, racial profiling, and political interference raise questions about sport, power, and democracy.
President Donald Trump holds the FIFA World Cup trophy during an announcement about the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 22, 2025.
The football World Cup begins on June 11, brought to us by FIFA, a corrupt and morally bankrupt organisation, whose current chief Gianni Infantino must not be re-elected next year.
He has been obsequious to political power, having given US President Donald Trump a “peace medal” (Trump had wanted a Nobel Prize and got this as a consolation) and having let Trump hold the World Cup trophy; “Can I keep it?” Trump quipped.
Also, Infantino’s FIFA has rented an empty office in Trump Tower.
The “king of soccer”, as Trump described him.
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