Miguel Delaney

The tournament was moved to Argentina.

So FIFA is caught in a mess here.

It looks subservient to Trump.

While there is...

You know, people in FIFA talk about how Infantino is a head of state and a great diplomat.

We're not seeing that here.

And that isn't just important to what this may do for the tournament and how it might expose FIFA politically.

And remember, the Democrats also see FIFA as a weak point here because of their proximity to Trump.

But this might actually affect the course of the tournament.

I mean, Iran are at an obvious disadvantage now.

Senegal have been talked up as classic dark horses, potential outsiders, maybe not to win it, but to go really far.

They've been subjected to the humiliation of a tarmac security check.

And also, it's not like FIFA wouldn't have been kind of given forewarning on this.

I mean, one of Trump's executive orders was even referenced to as the Muslim bans.

All of these

these issues relate to Muslim countries.

And so, yeah, it could, there are bigger political issues here, especially as regards to what the World Cup is supposed to be about, but it could also affect the way this World Cup goes.

Yeah, and let's see what happens with ice as well, which is another kind of... There's a great deal of uncertainty about how that's going to happen.

I think you're right.

Generally, you can tell, this is basically FIFA's calculation, that once the football starts, the football takes over.