Trump has turned the FIFA World Cup into an embarrassment for the US

[frigidweirdo]

Hundreds of Scotland fans only discover ESTAs cancelled after media coverage of red tape scandal

“Mine changed to pending last week and changed to travel not authorised last night. Was meant to fly out tomorrow morning and don’t have time to sort a visa.”

uk.news.yahoo.com

"Hundreds of Scotland fans only discover ESTAs cancelled after media coverage of red tape scandal"

There's this that I just read.

Basically Trump is stopping people who only needed an ESTA to go to the US for the last, I don't know, hundred years (not even an ESTA in most cases before a decade ago).
There's no reason to do this. There's no reason to block Scottish people from getting this.

World Cup referee from Somalia denied entry to the US 'due to vetting concerns': CBP

But then they stopped a referee going into the US to be a referee at the World Cup, and gave him a visa, then denied him entry once he got to the US.

"World Cup referee from Somalia denied entry to the US 'due to vetting concerns': CBP"

The claim was he had "association with suspected members of terror organizations", which is probably total nonsense. "association with"... could be "well, you live on the same planet as terrorists" kind of nonsense.

US responds to Somali referee scandal after Artan denied World Cup entry

Somali official was barred from entering US soil before summer tournament

www.standard.co.uk

Then there's the Iranian team which only has a visa for the US that allows them to be in the US on the days of their games.

Iran’s soccer team must enter and leave the US on match days only

www.iranintl.com

"Iran’s soccer team must enter and leave the US on match days only"

Russia got kicked out of the World Cup for invading the Ukraine. The US doesn't get anything, in fact it gets to treat the Iranian team like dirt.

Then there was the "FIFA peace prize" which was a total joke.

FIFA

"FIFA introduces the FIFA Peace Prize - an award to recognise exceptional actions for peace and unity"

The one thing Trump isn't, is "peace and unity".

Trump really is making the US a country which should not be holding any international event. The US is an embarrassment to itself and the world.

 

[1srelluc]

Isn't FIFA Paris Hilton's purse dog?

 

[odanny]

The World Cup referee from Somlia has worked numerous international events. He is a well known and respected referee.

The problem is you have a bunch of idiot government workers who see "Somalia" and flag him without knowing anything about him. And this gets repeated with other countries. This is yet another hole this country will have to climb out of, post-Trump.

Scotland? Seriously?

 

[frigidweirdo]

The World Cup referee from Somlia has worked numerous international events. He is a well known and respected referee.

The problem is you have a bunch of idiot government workers who see "Somalia" and flag him without knowing anything about him. And this gets repeated with other countries. This is yet another hole this country will have to climb out of, post-Trump.

Scotland? Seriously?

The US should never get an event like this ever again. The problem is there are only two countries in this FIFA federation that can actually hold a World Cup, so the US will keep getting it even 20 years.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The US should never get an event like this ever again. The problem is there are only two countries in this FIFA federation that can actually hold a World Cup, so the US will keep getting it even 20 years.

Yeah, and 80,000 people showed up to watch a "practice" match between Iceland and Argentina in Alabama of all places! You know how much rednecks love soccer, don't you?

 

[JGalt]

More feigned outrage of the day.

 

[1srelluc]

The only thing it will draw is Third-Worlders and the dems that coddle them.....I hope it falls flat on it's face.

 

[Yarddog]

Hundreds of Scotland fans only discover ESTAs cancelled after media coverage of red tape scandal

“Mine changed to pending last week and changed to travel not authorised last night. Was meant to fly out tomorrow morning and don’t have time to sort a visa.”

uk.news.yahoo.com

"Hundreds of Scotland fans only discover ESTAs cancelled after media coverage of red tape scandal"

There's this that I just read.

Basically Trump is stopping people who only needed an ESTA to go to the US for the last, I don't know, hundred years (not even an ESTA in most cases before a decade ago).
There's no reason to do this. There's no reason to block Scottish people from getting this.

World Cup referee from Somalia denied entry to the US 'due to vetting concerns': CBP

But then they stopped a referee going into the US to be a referee at the World Cup, and gave him a visa, then denied him entry once he got to the US.

"World Cup referee from Somalia denied entry to the US 'due to vetting concerns': CBP"

The claim was he had "association with suspected members of terror organizations", which is probably total nonsense. "association with"... could be "well, you live on the same planet as terrorists" kind of nonsense.

US responds to Somali referee scandal after Artan denied World Cup entry

Somali official was barred from entering US soil before summer tournament

www.standard.co.uk

Then there's the Iranian team which only has a visa for the US that allows them to be in the US on the days of their games.

Iran’s soccer team must enter and leave the US on match days only

www.iranintl.com

"Iran’s soccer team must enter and leave the US on match days only"

Russia got kicked out of the World Cup for invading the Ukraine. The US doesn't get anything, in fact it gets to treat the Iranian team like dirt.

Then there was the "FIFA peace prize" which was a total joke.

FIFA

"FIFA introduces the FIFA Peace Prize - an award to recognise exceptional actions for peace and unity"

The one thing Trump isn't, is "peace and unity".

Trump really is making the US a country which should not be holding any international event. The US is an embarrassment to itself and the world.

You know what would be even more embarrasing? Guess..



"U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last week that the Iranian delegation would be monitored closely for anyone with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

"We have no problem with the athletes, as we stated earlier, or their support staff," Rubio said during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing. "But what we're not going to allow is for them to embed in their delegation a bunch of people that we know have nothing to do with athletics and have ties to the IRGC or things of that nature.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

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Trump has turned the FIFA World Cup into an embarrassment for the US​

It's soccer, I was embarrassed by it long before any of this

 

[Fang]

Major TDS by the OP.

This has absolutely nothing to do with Trump. The ESTA system has been in place since 2008. ESTA IS NOT a visa and does not guarantee admission into the US.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Hundreds of Scotland fans only discover ESTAs cancelled after media coverage of red tape scandal

“Mine changed to pending last week and changed to travel not authorised last night. Was meant to fly out tomorrow morning and don’t have time to sort a visa.”

uk.news.yahoo.com

"Hundreds of Scotland fans only discover ESTAs cancelled after media coverage of red tape scandal"

There's this that I just read.

Basically Trump is stopping people who only needed an ESTA to go to the US for the last, I don't know, hundred years (not even an ESTA in most cases before a decade ago).
There's no reason to do this. There's no reason to block Scottish people from getting this.

World Cup referee from Somalia denied entry to the US 'due to vetting concerns': CBP

But then they stopped a referee going into the US to be a referee at the World Cup, and gave him a visa, then denied him entry once he got to the US.

"World Cup referee from Somalia denied entry to the US 'due to vetting concerns': CBP"

The claim was he had "association with suspected members of terror organizations", which is probably total nonsense. "association with"... could be "well, you live on the same planet as terrorists" kind of nonsense.

US responds to Somali referee scandal after Artan denied World Cup entry

Somali official was barred from entering US soil before summer tournament

www.standard.co.uk

Then there's the Iranian team which only has a visa for the US that allows them to be in the US on the days of their games.

Iran’s soccer team must enter and leave the US on match days only

www.iranintl.com

"Iran’s soccer team must enter and leave the US on match days only"

Russia got kicked out of the World Cup for invading the Ukraine. The US doesn't get anything, in fact it gets to treat the Iranian team like dirt.

Then there was the "FIFA peace prize" which was a total joke.

FIFA

"FIFA introduces the FIFA Peace Prize - an award to recognise exceptional actions for peace and unity"

The one thing Trump isn't, is "peace and unity".

Trump really is making the US a country which should not be holding any international event. The US is an embarrassment to itself and the world.

Da World Cup! Da World Cup!

 

[Dragonlady]

The US should never get an event like this ever again. The problem is there are only two countries in this FIFA federation that can actually hold a World Cup, so the US will keep getting it even 20 years.

If you think ANY world event is lining up to hold their multi-national competition in the USA, you'd be dreaming in technicolour.

Watch Trump blame FIFA or "shithole nations" for the failure of the World Cup to draw tourists to the USA. Locking up European and Canadian tourists in ICE concentration camps tends to lead people to staying away from the USA.

 

[luiza]

Always knew that however miserable God truly is , he has a devilish sense of almost redeeming black humour .

He will arrange that Iran will win the final and Trumpfy will have to present the Cup to the Tehran Titans .

Get out of that Motor Mouth .

 

[Lockback]

Soccer's already an embarrassment.
Care Factor = Zero.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Hundreds of Scotland fans only discover ESTAs cancelled after media coverage of red tape scandal

“Mine changed to pending last week and changed to travel not authorised last night. Was meant to fly out tomorrow morning and don’t have time to sort a visa.”

uk.news.yahoo.com

"Hundreds of Scotland fans only discover ESTAs cancelled after media coverage of red tape scandal"

There's this that I just read.

Basically Trump is stopping people who only needed an ESTA to go to the US for the last, I don't know, hundred years (not even an ESTA in most cases before a decade ago).
There's no reason to do this. There's no reason to block Scottish people from getting this.

World Cup referee from Somalia denied entry to the US 'due to vetting concerns': CBP

But then they stopped a referee going into the US to be a referee at the World Cup, and gave him a visa, then denied him entry once he got to the US.

"World Cup referee from Somalia denied entry to the US 'due to vetting concerns': CBP"

The claim was he had "association with suspected members of terror organizations", which is probably total nonsense. "association with"... could be "well, you live on the same planet as terrorists" kind of nonsense.

US responds to Somali referee scandal after Artan denied World Cup entry

Somali official was barred from entering US soil before summer tournament

www.standard.co.uk

Then there's the Iranian team which only has a visa for the US that allows them to be in the US on the days of their games.

Iran’s soccer team must enter and leave the US on match days only

www.iranintl.com

"Iran’s soccer team must enter and leave the US on match days only"

Russia got kicked out of the World Cup for invading the Ukraine. The US doesn't get anything, in fact it gets to treat the Iranian team like dirt.

Then there was the "FIFA peace prize" which was a total joke.

FIFA

"FIFA introduces the FIFA Peace Prize - an award to recognise exceptional actions for peace and unity"

The one thing Trump isn't, is "peace and unity".

Trump really is making the US a country which should not be holding any international event. The US is an embarrassment to itself and the world.

The Scottish fans were advised not to shout shoot, so as not to confuse the locals.

 

[Captain Caveman]

 

[WEATHER53]

The World Cup referee from Somlia has worked numerous international events. He is a well known and respected referee.

The problem is you have a bunch of idiot government workers who see "Somalia" and flag him without knowing anything about him. And this gets repeated with other countries. This is yet another hole this country will have to climb out of, post-Trump.

Scotland? Seriously?

Girlie man thread starter selling embarrassment

 

[Meathead]

The World Cup referee from Somlia has worked numerous international events. He is a well known and respected referee.

The problem is you have a bunch of idiot government workers who see "Somalia" and flag him without knowing anything about him. And this gets repeated with other countries. This is yet another hole this country will have to climb out of, post-Trump.

Scotland? Seriously?

Being Somali is enough. They are the lowest in Africa, which in itself is the very bottom of the barrel.

 

[Meathead]

If you think ANY world event is lining up to hold their multi-national competition in the USA, you'd be dreaming in technicolour.

Watch Trump blame FIFA or "shithole nations" for the failure of the World Cup to draw tourists to the USA. Locking up European and Canadian tourists in ICE concentration camps tends to lead people to staying away from the USA.

Good