JD Vance attempted a charm offensive on Tuesday, and failed with the charm while succeeding in being offensive.

It happened during an announcement that former Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s son, Andrew Giuliani, would be leading a task force for the 2026 World Cup, which will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico next year.

Rather than stoke excitement for a global event that could be a tourism cash cow for North America, Vance decided to take a different approach — and joked about deporting the potential thousands of tourists visiting the U.S. for the occasion.

  • @baines@lemmy.cafe
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    20110 days ago

    haha so funny, much laughing as our tourism industry tanks

    these absolute abject cretins, fucking beyond a disgrace they are ‘leading’ this country

  • @MuskyMelon@lemmy.world
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    Oh hahahaha, now watch as you have the lowest WC attendance in history and be the first modern WC to lose money.

    • Ticket sales are already going so badly that they’re CHEAPER on the secondhand market! Scalpers are taking a loss to get rid of them, which is pretty much unheard of for an event like a world cup.

      People are even more wary of traveling to Trump’s US than to the Emir’s Qatar or Putin’s Russia.

    • @Tinidril@midwest.social
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      Cities hosting the WC almost never recoup their investments. Sure, it’s a windfall for a select few, but it is a bad investment for everyone else.

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          410 days ago

          I don’t know why you’re you were being downvoted, you’re absolutely right.

          I think you just answered your own question. :)

      • @IceFoxX@lemm.ee
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        They hope for tourist. So do the math. Carefully… you must using MAGA math xD

      • @LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee
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        It doesn’t have to be profitable for the “city” that’s socialized cost. It just needs to be profitable for capital.

        They’ll burn $10 of your money to make $1 in profit.

    • @Carmakazi@lemmy.world
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      I doubt FIFA is on the Republican take, and the event brings a bunch of brown people and Euros to town. Why would they care if it succeeds? If anything making it fail is part of their deliberate campaign of chaos.

      • ✺roguetrick✺
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        I doubt FIFA is on the Republican take

        Well that would be the first corrupt administration they didn’t jump in bed with at the first opportunity then.

        • @Carmakazi@lemmy.world
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          Countries like Qatar, Brazil want to host the games for the prestige and the affinity for the sport.

          US Republicans don’t give a shit about “soccer.” Being the brilliant dealmakers they are, they probably want FIFA to pay them.

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        I doubt FIFA is on the Republican take

        Clearly you know very little about FIFA in general and Trump’s buddy Infantino in particular…

        Neither have ever seen a despotic government they didn’t want bribes from.

    • @Geekboydave@lemmy.world
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      Genuine question, don’t almost all countries lose money when they host the World Cup?

      FIFA literally keeps all ticket sales and broadcasting money. Your only hope is to entice more visitors in the future or be an European country that already has stadiums literally everywhere.

      • @MuskyMelon@lemmy.world
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        Genuine question, don’t almost all countries lose money when they host the World Cup?

        No, they don’t. A lot of money is generated from the attendance via hotel bookings, restaurant meals, alcohol sales, day excursions, VAT taxes, etc. For the tourism industry it’s like shooting fish in a barrel.

    • @LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee
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      How does the world cup define losing money? Because the absolute devastation that the world cup leaves in it’s wake to already poor and impoverished populations is definitely not being calculated. The human cost of labor exploitation alone is awful. But I guess that’s what they mean by “profitable” anyway.

      • @MuskyMelon@lemmy.world
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        That’s for host countries that have to build stadiums. WC2026 is going to use existing stadiums in the US, Canada and Mexico, just like WC1994 the last time in the US. Not every WC is like Qatar that had to build all new stadiums for all the venues. It’s always preferable that a host country already has capable stadiums like WC2014 in Brazil or WC2006 in Germany.

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    Dear Foreigner,

    If you are coming to the US for the world cup you are fucking stupid. You’re going to spend thousands of your preferred currency to get harassed by Customs and if you fuck up and get arrested for whatever little thing the police that stops you has up his ass that day you run the risk of ending up in South America or Africa but not the part you are from, in a jail somewhere getting fucked.

    Unless you are white, if you’re white come on over, have a beer. Remember, though, even if you are Spanish, Italian, Greek, or any of those other darkies you gay commie Europeans call white, you are going to get lumped in with the Mexicans, especially if you speak Mexican or eye tie.

    Fuck you, countries full,

    XOXO JD 😘 🛋😘 Vance XOXO

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    I would not take such words as “jokes” anymore. I take them as an open and dire warning not to travel to the US until the government has been taken care of.

  • How funny will it be when all of the seats are empty? Americans don’t care about soccer, this event will be funded by tourism and now those folks will be opting out. If I were planning this event I’d be livid. Vance, shut your stupid fucking mouth and never speak again as long as you live.

    • @mcv@lemm.ee
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      It’s apparently also in Mexico and Canada, so you can still visit matches there.

      Would be funny if the stadiums in Mexico and Canada were chock full while those in the US were half empty. You’d hope they’d finally get the message.

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      They’ll just say the stadium was full, it was the FIFA with the highest ratings some people say. A great, big, beautiful FIFA. You know they know a lot about FIFA and some say that will be the best one. FIFA guys, coming up to him crying, saying ‘oh thank you Mr. President. FIFA was nothing before you got here and now everyone’s talking about it.’ People didn’t know what FIFA was before the president. It’s true until he started talking about it no one knew what FIFA was. That’s because he’s the best a FIFA. In all the world no one is better at FIFA than America and the President. /S

  • nelson
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    Reminder that every time they say something that causes offense they say it was just a joke.

    Narrator: it was not a joke

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      Treating all foreigners as criminals is something he’s so excited about, he just can’t keep quiet about it. There probably are some people dumb enough to go to that country just to watch some sports, but they aren’t going to have a good time.

  • @b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    If you go to this you’re a fucking idiot. Not worth being sent to an El Salvador concentration camp just to watch a soccer match. Just watch it on tv.

      • Nah, I prefer the implication of accidentally succeeding in achieving a negative result.

        Fits the entire political career of the couch fucker like an inside out latex glove.

  • @mtoboggan@feddit.org
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    As long as MAGA policies and the walking farts responsible for them are in place/in charge, I will never again set foot on US soil. There are plenty of other places to visit.

    • Good. I hope everyone that can, absolutely avoids this country like the plague. If the oligarchs wanna fuck around with stealing elections, they can find out when their companies go bankrupt, and they lose their shirts.

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    I know FIFA is corrupt but does anyone not see how dangerous traveling to the United States currently is?

    • zqps
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      Soccer fans have below average concern for world politics, in my experience.

  • @selokichtli@lemmy.ml
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    Fortunately, if this shit keeps up, there are two other countries where to celebrate matches. Mexico is shaping up nicely for the World Cup, and tourism comes natural to our culture.

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      That its being co hosted will backfire on the US. If it was just the US and nobody turned up they can and will blame football for that rather than their own idiocy, but because Mexico and Canada are also hosting matches if they get great attendance then its clearly an issue with the US.

      If you want to go, go to the matches in Mexico or Canada, spend your money there.

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        Haha nope, they will of course blame Mexico and Canada in that case. Or the people who prefer to go there. I think they are completely immune to any thought about the consequences of their own actions.

  • @CosmoNova@lemmy.world
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    Anyone who is mad enough to visit the US for attending a sports game in this day and age almost deserves that treatment. Like, are you ok?

  • @Binky@lemmy.sdf.org
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    Because what we really want from our government officials is more laughing at the pain and suffering of others.

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      that, and to chill anyone that MIGHT come to America for the American games out of coming to America for the American games and ensure America doesnt get any of that sweet tourism money.

      5 bucks says Mexico and Canada’s stadiums are full, while Americas stadiums are maybe…lets be generous and say 1/3rd full, and I’d wager most of that would be from super low cost tickets in desperation to get people in the seats so it doesnt look completely empty during broadcast.

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          yes, hence the 1/3rd total capacity.

          Cause Trump has fucked our economy, and its gonna get even more fucked by the time that World Cup happens…Which means very few people will be able to afford to travel across country and pay for event price-hiked accomodations and food to attend the games.

  • @HKPiax@lemmy.world
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    When you find “funny” how mean you can be to someone, you’re just making sure everyone knows you’re a fucking loser