Anthony Zurcher

So the stage would be set for something that would be very dramatic if it gets to that.

And I, you know,

We'll see.

I don't think it's likely, but you never know with soccer, anything's possible, right?

Iran, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Haiti, all of these countries are covered by the visa bans that the Trump administration has instituted.

So the teams will, you would imagine, be able to get in even Iran.

I don't think they want to create a diplomatic incident where they block the visas of Iran.

of the players but the fans who want to come and support their teams is going to be much more difficult for them to get in now the trump administration has made provisions for streamlining visa applications from world cup countries if you have tickets you have a special means of applying for visas but there there's still a lot of bureaucracy and for those specific countries uh

Right.

Iran, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Haiti, all of these countries are covered by the visa bans that the Trump administration has instituted.

So the teams will, you would imagine, be able to get in even Iran.

I don't think they want to create a diplomatic incident where they block the visas of Iran.

But the fans who want to come and support their teams is going to be much more difficult for them to get in.

It still seems like there's some pretty significant hurdles for anyone who wanted to come here from, say, Haiti and cheer on the Haitian team, which very rarely plays in a World Cup, let alone one that is so close to their home country.

Now, the Trump administration has made provisions for streamlining visa applications from World Cup countries.

If you have tickets, you have a special means of applying for visas.

But there there's still a lot of bureaucracy.

And yet they are going to find it very difficult to get here and to cheer for their team.

And for those specific countries, it still seems like there's some pretty significant hurdles for anyone who wanted to come here.

from, say, Haiti and cheer on the Haitian team, which very rarely plays in a World Cup, let alone one that is so close to their home country.