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https://www.rawstory.com/world-cup-2674872045/Cancel your tickets: Calls grow to boycott US-hosted FIFA World Cup over Trump admin
Alexander Willis
January 10, 2026 2:11PM ET
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 isnt safe.
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, its time to cancel your US World Cup tickets.
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fujiyamasan
(1,234 posts)Anyone at this point would have to be insane to visit this country. And fuck FIFA. Such a corrupt organization.
popsdenver
(1,569 posts)is THE most corrupt organization.....Second only to Trump and his entire CABAL of Republicans.
Everyone in the U.S. should not purchase tickets to ANY match here in the U.S. and definitely no one in any other country should buy tickets to matches scheduled in the U.S.
Perfect that Trump would hook up with FIFA............birds of a feather.......
JT45242
(3,835 posts)You can't get Olympics or world cup without big bags of bribe cash...now empty stadiums, empty hotels, and empty restaurants.
Hope people decide to attend only games in Canada and mexico
Dave Bowman
(6,685 posts)Ilsa
(63,855 posts)tourism and other businesses start feeling the financial impact, they'll attempt to get their reps to pay attention. Boycotting the World Cup sends a big message, especially with massive cancellations.
I can remember the times long ago when middle class Mexicans would drive to Laredo, then San Antonio for long weekends in the spring to go shopping, particularly for Easter. I'm guessing there is none of that these days.
TheRickles
(3,174 posts)murielm99
(32,704 posts)He and my daughter live in Toronto. He will not come here. He thinks someone will shoot him.
We don't laugh at him.
2naSalit
(100,083 posts)Both organizations are so corrupt anyway, might as well give them a big dose of 'fuck you and your criminal business'! Cancel all events of the sort, we are in a civil war and must fight it with intellect,this is one mechanism we can all use easily.
Let these criminal enterprises fall on their faces.
PeaceWave
(2,696 posts)Seriously, we aren't in the business of needlessly creating "collateral damage." That's the other side's forte.
Tetrachloride
(9,393 posts)Tierra del Fuego. So, not everyone need cancel, but not everyone is Dauntless.
RockRaven
(18,739 posts)no merch, no nothing! STAY AWAY FROM EVERYTHING FIFA/WC THIS YEAR.
lame54
(39,216 posts)PuraVidaDreamin
(4,459 posts)NA
dutch777
(4,891 posts)...blacklisting/boycotting of American events, products and services the louder the message and embarrassment grows.
flashman13
(2,040 posts)the Russian invasion of Afghanistan. It would be fitting if the rest of the world boycotted both the Olympics and the World Cup here in the U.S. Planning for mass picketing and demonstrations at every event should start now. We need to show the rest of the world that we are not all monsters.
moondust
(21,220 posts)~
https://www.britannica.com/event/Moscow-1980-Olympic-Games
Mixed feelings since it deprives the athletes of the rare opportunity when they may not even agree with their government's decisions.
ShazzieB
(22,225 posts)I'm hoping Schlump will be dead by then. I know Vance would suck as potus, but I honestly find him less scary than the Orange Hellbeast. Among other things, Vance wouldn't be able to control all the Republicans in Congress the way the Orange One does. And 2028 is an election year!
Gore1FL
(22,848 posts)Skittles
(169,638 posts)I would be boycotting America now too; all decent folk need to take a stand against the growing fascism here.
Ol Janx Spirit
(737 posts)"never seen before"
"nobody's ever seen anything like it"
"at a rate that nobody could have dreamt possible"
America deserves to be a pariah right now...unfortunately.
FakeNoose
(40,218 posts)It's going to be a shitshow, and there's no way our government can guarantee the safety of these athletes.
BComplex
(9,750 posts)Neither are free-thinking Americans.
NGeorgian
(132 posts)traffic is a nightmare. So is the airport.
ananda
(34,453 posts)I hope it gets no attendance.
AllyCat
(18,538 posts)We arent even safe.
wolfie001
(7,101 posts)Exp
(768 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(175,026 posts)#FIFA
— Cross Culture Cologne ðªðº ð©ðª ð«ð· ð¸ð© (@nicmal.bsky.social) 2026-01-10T08:30:55.486Z
cancel all games in the #USA. No one will be safe there.
#justiceforGOOD and all victims of #ICE