Will the USA get to host a World Cup in the near future? The president of US Soccer, Sunil Gulati, implied that goal could be more difficult to reach if Donald Trump is elected president in November.
From ESPNFC:
Gulati suggested that winning the hosting rights would be more difficult if Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump were to win the election over presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, especially if the U.S. were to cohost a World Cup with southern neighbors Mexico.
Trump has vowed to build a wall along the border with Mexico, angering many Latinos in the U.S. and elsewhere.
"I think a cohosted World Cup with Mexico would be trickier if Secretary Clinton isn't in the White House," Gulati said.
The USA is in good position to host either the 2022 World Cup (if FIFA takes it away from Qatar, which they say they won't) or the 2026 World Cup (think of a World Cup final, possibly with the USA in it, on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence), but Trump might turn the world's general opinion against the USA.
Frankly, if Donald Trump is elected president, we will have larger problems than whether we get to host a World Cup.
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