Trump Loses it as FIFA Suffers Major Crisis!!

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What crisis is Donald Trump facing with FIFA?

Ben Meiselas 0:00
This is Donald Trump's worst nightmare, the FIFA World Cup, which is set to take place in just a few weeks in the United States, also in Canada and Mexico. It's turning out to be a massive disaster. Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino, who's the president of FIFA, they've basically destroyed the FIFA World Cup. Donald Trump has perverted it and made it so odd, and Donald Trump's Catastrophic war in Iran and his wars around the world have caused a massive boycott of FIFA. Tourism is down in the United States after Donald Trump's ICE and Border Patrol Gestapo continued to kill people, kidnap people, throw people in concentration camps. ban people threaten people here in the United States absolutely despicable and also the affordability crisis in the United States by the way also in Mexico and in Canada because of FIFA just overpricing everything and FIFA trying to overplay its hand and to really just
Ben Meiselas 0:59
kind of impose its will on these other host nations and made it inaccessible to most people. Also, there's a broadcasting rights issue. Gianni Infantino and FIFA and Trump, I mean, they were so arrogant. They were so cocky. that they were trying to force these massive licensing fees on some of the biggest consumers of soccer or international football like India and China still have not made a deal with FIFA for broadcasting rights because the China and India JVs with the United States companies in order for the broadcasting rights

How has Trump's leadership affected FIFA's ticket sales?

Ben Meiselas 1:36
They're not paying Gianni Infantino the $100 million that he wants to license FIFA. So in the two biggest markets, basically, that consume soccer or football, they don't even have the ability to show the FIFA World Cup on TV. This is what happens when you have Infantino and Donald Trump fighting. Focused on giving Donald Trump FIFA Peace Prizes and Infantino, you know, doing his whole corrupt dance with Donald Trump around the world and not just focusing on, I don't know, being competent and just running a good tournament and uniting people. with football and soccer bringing people together. I mean, if you look at some of the key tourism stats, lots of cities aren't even seeing a bump at all. They're actually seeing declines when FIFA's coming to their cities.
Ben Meiselas 2:29
You're seeing lots of people feeling defrauded by the FIFA ticket packages. They're like, we've spent thousands of dollars and now we're learning You basically gave us nosebleed seats. We thought we were getting good seats. I mean, FIFA's really running a racket here. Can I break it down for you bit by bit, piece by piece right now? So let's start with this, that less than a year ago, the FIFA president Gianni Infantino made a promise. He promised an economic boon equal to 104 Super Bowls. But that was not true when it was said, and it's not going to come true now, as Forbes reports. So what the guy promised, 104 Super Bowls. You just have to trust us. Trust me, right, as Donald Trump would say. But now nearly 80% of U.S.
Ben Meiselas 3:22
hotel owners in 11 World Cup host cities say bookings are tracking below original forecasts. And in many cases, below what it would be if there was no FIFA at all. Tourism has been down dramatically in the U.S. year over year because Canada started this powerful boycott against the U.S. and the rest of the world followed. And you look at all of the threats that the U.S. imposes on people here in the United States and immigrants.

What economic impacts are host cities experiencing from FIFA?

Ben Meiselas 3:52
People don't want to come to the United States. And Lots of people are describing the tournament right now as a non-event. Just think about that. 80% of people who own hotels in 11 World Cup host cities say bookings are tracking below original forecast, with some describing the tournament as a non-event, according to an American Hotel and Lodging Association survey of members released Monday. So Infantino promised 104 Super Bowls. That's what this would be. Now it's not even one Super Bowl. It's a non-event. It's like if the circus came to town or if like Disney on Ice came to town. By the way, I love Disney on Ice and taking my little daughter there.

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