JD Vance jokes about deporting tourists attending 2026 World Cup

Who the fuck thought it'd be a good idea to hold the world cup in the US, a country that doesn't even give a fuck about football?
- The same people who thought Qatar was a good host

Ha ha, yes, such a joker that JD. Totally not a cowardly sleazebeg acting as a "good person" and testing the waters on controversial stuff like a certain orange president likes to do... He's learning well.
I really hope this is the World Cup with the least international attendance in recent memory (should really be 0, but that's sadly too unrealistic) . Don't spend your money in the US, if FIFA wants your fan money they should relocate the world cup to somewhere without threats.

I'm surprised Trump's even fine with hosting the world cup in the first place seeing as every professional footballer is a migrant by definition.
- it is a money maker considering they don't need to build new stadium or infrastructure. However these things doesn't mean much, I think what he cares about how the final draw up to 1.5 billion viewer.. so if he get to be there handing gold medals or something he will be happy.
- TBF the American women's team is good.
  
  That's completely irrelevant, a migrant is someone who relocates for work-related purposes, 99.9% of football players are doing so, that's the whole backbone of football, not including Sunday league players.

Not a joke, not a joke.

Even the fucking Nazis made sure Germany was as hospitable as possible to all visitors in the 1936 Olympics. The blatant Nazi propaganda, however, backfired and many people left with a sour taste in their mouths after the event.

I've been to over 50 countries in all seven continents, and I've lived in four of those. Never did I feel anything that I would would describe as fear.
I will be travelling to the US for an exchange program next month. I am afraid. To the point I am actually considering cancelling what could be a career changing opportunity.
- I would consider canceling any dealings with US if said person isn't white, even that is a stretch for this dogshit administration. I hope we see a general protest by making the World Cup barren.
  As a sane person I am deeply sorry for any strife our government causes. Do your best to stay safe!
- You should be concerned, the US government will change your job title to El Salvadorian Detainee whether you want them to or not.
- My feelings are your feelings... but I am not planning on traveling to the US.
- Is the opportunity "once in a lifetime" or can you find alternatives like Europe? Tbh things are too fucked up now, even I am afraid to travel there a few weeks to visit.
  
  Is the opportunity “once in a lifetime” or can you find alternatives like Europe?
  Generally speaking, opportunities are difficult to find and if you let go of one, depending on what kind of opportunity it is, you might get another one in a few years, or decades, or never. Depending on what line of work you're in, European opportunities aren't comparable to American ones either. Tech industry in Europe is in a laughable state, for an example.
- I am in the US, and I despise what's going on. So please do not take what I am about to say as a defense to what is happening here.
  Things are pretty extreme right now, but they aren't as bad as the extreme left media is making it out to be. I find news articles posted on Lemmy are often sensationalized. There are 100% things we need to worry about, and things I myself am fighting (most everything the orange man does). But I do not think it is so bad you should cancel a big opportunity for yourself. Obviously things are happening to people, but most people are traveling to and from the US without any issues. You aren't going to hear reports about all the people who didn't have any issues while traveling.
  I do not think there is reason to believe anything would happen to you. The right doesn't want you here, so they absolutely aren't going to keep you here as a prisoner. If they wanted you out, you would gladly leave on your own accord and cover all the expenses. They wouldn't spend more money making you leave if you don't want to be here anyway.
  
  extreme left media
  Where is this mythical entity? I'd like to subscribe.

It's almost cute that you thought he was joking.

And steal their bike

JD Vance should be deported to space with Elon to mars.
- Too many resources. Just put the motherfuckers on a boat, take it to the most remote part of the pacific, and strand it there.
- I think that would give the Martians a casus belli to declare war on Earth.

No one in their right mind would compete here you do that.
What, you gonna deport someone because they beat us in gold JD? Fuck.

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.
- 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.
  
  They'd just say "soccer is woke anyway. Football ura" it's a cult and I hate it here
- I am convinced that World Cup 2026 will not happen in the United States.
- 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

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.
- People went to Qatar to sit in slave-built stadiums. Don't expect any morals from FIFA fans.
  
  Yes, but they didn't have the chance of becoming slaves themselves, so the situation is different.
  
  It didn't directly effect them. They don't give a shit how it was built.
  
  No morals, but maybe self preservation isn't too much to expect.
- If you support fifa in any way, you’re an idiot. I don’t have much hope that anybody will change their behavior.
  
  Trump's corruprion is finding freindship in FIFA.

I know FIFA is corrupt but does anyone not see how dangerous traveling to the United States currently is?
- Soccer fans have below average concern for world politics, in my experience.

Didn’t the Nazis host the Olympics? Why does history rhyme?
- 26 is the new 36
- Yeah, and lots of non arians kicked their ass. It was beautiful
- The stadium is still in use and home to Hertha Berlin.

Haha human rights violations are hilarious
This guy can't even pretend to be a normal person.
- He is the embodiment of mommy issues.
  
  Dorothy Mantooth was a saint!

Because what we really want from our government officials is more laughing at the pain and suffering of others.
- 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.
  
  Lol the US games will be full...lots of fans here in the states

God, these guys are tonedeaf.
- Honestly I don't think they are. They literally decided they were fine with committing treason, and their overall plan is probably similar to the bullshit great replacement theory they push. Except that they are literally selling the country out from under us, and will eventually start having ANYONE deported if they aren't a cooperative slave, or part of the plan. As Americans disappear, I guarantee that more Russians and saudis will come into the country.

haha so funny, much laughing as our tourism industry tanks
these absolute abject cretins, fucking beyond a disgrace they are ‘leading’ this country
- They represent who we are. Either fully mask off shitty people or lazy AF who don't care. This is America until we prove otherwise.
  
  So which one are you?

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.
- 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.
  
  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.

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
- Nah we'll arrest random whites too.
  Jasmine Mooney was locked up for 11 days, no method of reaching out to the outside world.
  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jasmine-mooney-canadian-detained-ice-us-mexico/
  
  And any tattoo can and will be interpreted as a gang affiliation. No matter the mental gymnastics required.
  
  She overstayed a prior visa. They will go after white people with any red flags.
  I would advise non American white people to stay away though. The current American administration wants to crush your economies and doesn't give a shit about you. How could you justify spending your money there now?
  For all people outside the US please take a close look at your subscriptions. Amazon, Netflix, Uber, YouTube, HBO etc. That is all money being funelled into the US. Please also think about where you spend your attention. Looking at Instagram everyday pumps ad revenue into Meta. America has a massive trade surplus with the world when it comes to services. A deliberate effort to unsubscribe from these services would send message.
  I'm not saying cut yourself off from the world... But weigh your options.
  
  Name is Jasmine? You ain't fooling me, I've seen Aladdin.
- People willingly went to Qatar for the World Cup. Sports fans are fucking dumb and/or don't give a shit about anything as long as they can see their team play and win. And for those that don't know or forgot, Qatar killed thousands of workers violating human rights and basic safety when building all their stadiums.
  
  Right, but Qatar committed to treating those tourists as guests, and as far as I know, did exactly that, even easing some of their morality laws for the visitors. Attending the Qatar World Cup was unethical, but not stupidly self-endangering. Attending the World Cup in the US under the current situation is stupidly self-endangering, especially if you aren't "white", but also sometimes even then.
- Unless you are white, if you’re white come on over, have a beer
  https://www.dw.com/en/german-nationals-us-immigration-detained-interrogation-ice-donald-trump/a-71987211
  https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/politics/german-tourist-with-us-visa-reflects-on-being-held-in-ice-custody-for-weeks/3786489/
  https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/german-tourists-deported-hawaii-cbp-b2736655.html
  bzzt, even white people are getting fucked around with by ICE.
  
  Look everyone knows Germany is just full of immigrants and Muslims so of course they got stopped especially those that come and go from Mexico. Nothing but illegals and fentanyl come out of Mexico.

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.

Oh hahahaha, now watch as you have the lowest WC attendance in history and be the first modern WC to lose money.
- 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.
  
  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.
- losing money on a sure thing would be totally on brand for donvict & co.
  
  America will simply be the largest casino he's bankrupted so far
- 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.
  
  Wait, are tickets for the 2026 World Cup already on sale?
- 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.
  
  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.
  
  I don't know why ~~you're~~ you were being downvoted, you're absolutely right.
  As documented by an excellent Last Week Tonight segment and also another, FIFA and a select few rich people and corporations profiting off of lucrative contracts snatch up all the income and leave everyone else with all the expenses.
  
  They hope for tourist. So do the math. Carefully... you must using MAGA math xD
- 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.
  
  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.
- 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.
  
  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.
  
  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.

Reminder that every time they say something that causes offense they say it was just a joke.
Narrator: it was not a joke
- 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.

God I h8 this man and all of the gop goons. It blows my mind that I’m 2 years older than couch fucker. Yet my mindset is a complete 180° compared to him.

ROFL:ROFL:LOL:ROFL A L /-------- LOL=== []\ L \ \ \_________\ | | (__|__)
- Where are the boobies?
- Thank you for posting an accessible version in text

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.
- For real. I'm not risking losing thousands of Euros on flights because some CBP asshole on a power trip denies me entry. Not to mention the very real possibility to be held at some kind of detention facility
  
  Just heard it on the radio that student exchanges with the US are failing; First, because parents here are afraid what happens to non-citizens in the US, and second, because US parents are wary to have foreigners in their home (no because they are afraid of foreigners or kids, but of what the US "ICE" GeStaPo might do).
- I would not take such words as “jokes” anymore.
  Pretty much.
  For anyone out of the loop: https://www.dw.com/en/german-nationals-us-immigration-detained-interrogation-ice-donald-trump/a-71987211

Just Dumb does not joke around.

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?
- With games taking place in both Mexico and Canada, does that make the entire US into flyover state?
  
  does that make the entire US into flyover state?
  🌎🧑‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀

JD Vance attempted a charm offensive on Tuesday, and failed with the charm while succeeding in being offensive
- Could have phrased it a bit better. "...but instead of charming, was just offensive", maybe?
  
  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.

And they wonder why tourism is decreasing
- I guess I'm more risk adverse than most because I was pretty stunned to last see the decline is only single digit % still globally besides Canada.
  
  That's because overseas vacationers to the US buy their tickets many months ahead of time for deeper discounts and to make sure they can get a hotel room. Give it a couple more months...
  
  It’s sad to see the numbers that low but I think that percentage will continue to climb. I would think a lot of the visitors have planned out these trips quite a while ago and may not be able to change or refund them. Going forward, I would think the number of tourists willing to go to the US will decline.
- it's not decreasing, it's gone.

Can the participating countries boycott the matches in that is held within the US?
- They never do. Hell, they all went to Qatar. Fifa is a system genuinely built on corruption. And although corruption is money-driven most of the time, it‘s most notably a corruption of minds and souls.
  
  And many of these football players live in a bubble. They have no fucking idea what’s happening outside of their football world.
  
  We blew all the goodwill we earned for taking down Sepp Blatter, damn near immediately.
- Why should those countries be punished?
  Exclude US and have them in Mx and Canada.
  Or to piss them off more let Cuba and Venezuela hold some matches

When you find "funny" how mean you can be to someone, you're just making sure everyone knows you're a fucking loser

Most of the matches are in red or previous swing states, Washington is the only actually blue state on the roster, this would just be more hurting their own
- Was it so difficult to google the hosting states instead of amplifying random BS? ......
- Gotta feed those leopards
- Ah yes, California, the reddest state of all
- That's never stopped them before.
- Massachusetts is hosting games.

This is why tech bros make horrible politicians.
- Did you just call JD Vance a tech bro?! Lol
  
  He is Peter Thiel's puppet, so they're not really off the mark.

Everyone, go to the world cup to beat up ICE and throw them in a prison where they can’t leave.
- A better tomorrow

I’m just honestly so confused. Do they want to expel all non-white people and non-Christian white people, refuse entry to everyone including tourists, and basically just close themselves off from the rest of the world like a population of white hikikomori?
- Don't you remember learning about Germany in school? According to history disabled people are going to the camps as well. And RFK has already annonced that they're going on a list. Then it's non-straight people. And then they came for...
- Yes
- No they want to kill all the non white non Christian people. That's why they have a death camp
- They don't have any sort of plan or end game. They just enjoy being assholes.
  
  Their end game is becoming another Russia. One where everyone is kept dirt poor and there's a massive transfer of wealth to the the top 0.01%
  
  Their end game is exterminating all brown people. They just want to make them suffer first.
- Yep.
- It makes more sense if you think only in things, not processes. You notice how things are not great. Some are good, but a lot are bad. So, how do things be good? Get rid of the bad! When all bad is gone, everything will be good, definitionally!

You gonna deport the athletes too?
- Guaranteed this happens to at least one athlete. That many non-whites coming in for a work trip? Someone is going to get arrested.
- Yeah, whilst calling them illegal migrants stealing "the good working people of americas" jobs
- I bet they'll do this to the ones who have a chance of beating American athletes.
  
  That's most of them.

What a swell idea, Vance! I've been trying to figure out how to persuade my compatriots why visiting the US aren't worth the risks, and it really helps when the Vice President makes my case for me. Cheers, buddy!

A joke couched in truth

At this rate, they'll deport the players. Is it too late to move the 2026 world cup?
- I can 100% guarantee at least one athlete is going to be refused entry.
  
  World cup includes tiny nations with players that are closer to your local plumber who plays on the weekends than to Christiano Ronaldo flying in on a private jet. Think Trinidad&Tobago and etc. Would definitely not be surprised when some of them get deported when stepping out of their regular flights.
  
  I expect to see star players deported right before matches against the US team.

I wonder if the IOC will be using the World Cup as a test bed. This certainly will not go well - there will be horrific stories coming from the few athletes and tourists that DO come for some reason, and attendance will be otherwise annihilated. What are the chances that the 2028 Summer Olympics in LA get moved? They'll have 2 full years to ramp up in another city elsewhere in the world, probably one that has had the Olympics in the recent past and has the infrastructure built out already.
- It won't be moved, like the Olympics wasn't moved from Berlin in 1936.
  
  That's an interesting point. However, my understanding is that the world did not understand the full extent of atrocities being committed in 1930s Germany until after the war was over. I think in the age of the internet and social media, this certainly could be the first.

*athletes
tourists will be homebrewn, dont worry

Ohh, I certainly wouldn't put anything past them.

At this rate, they're gonna be deporting the prime minister of Canada, the pope, and king of England, when they visit in 2026
- Or worse, meet face to face with JD Vance and die of cringe the next day.

And today in our "How to kill tourism in your country for one of the biggest worldwide events" class, we examine JD Vance and his idiotic comments about the world cup.

Real shame nobody smothered him to death in his bassinet

It’ll be like have 3 empty super bowls a day

Lol 100% americans still don't do Riots... So 💯% americans still accept this and they act like "hello fuck you all on earth get die" FCK you Amerika
Edit: To the downvoters... Greetings from Germany... After generations you will still be labeled a Nazi ( Well americans will labeled not the same). Have fun in your future... Those who know the history and do nothing but think they are smarter than the MAGA supporters. Too bad your children will suffer the most for your mistakes.
Made in "any US state" already means = don't buy, Trash quality.
- I believe rioting right now would just give Trump more ammunition to push more extreme policies even faster and right now I think the left is trying to delay until midterms or until Trump does something so egregious that Congress can't deny impeachment any longer. I would really love to say that going out and rioting would fix the problem, but I think at the stage we're at right now it would only be met with a more militarized force against us and a lack of any center/center-right leaning people having any sympathy to the cause and we really need some of the more purple states to step up
  But yes, please do boycott US made products as it seems the only way anyone is listening is by negatively effecting profits of corporations. But do know that there are states that are successfully fighting back against Trump and it seems that there is momentum in resistance building.
  
  How? Trump wouldnt be a Problem anymore. Don't think about useless small Riots..
  Atm i just see the the same peacefully falls like the germans against Nazis/Hitler. For Germany there was 2 world Powers needed in the end. So you wait for WW3. Not to forget... Trump basically blames the others for what he has done or will do. He has accused many of risking World War III and just look at America's global actions. But of course wait and see that your completely corrupted system won't do anything anyway. Don't learn from history, experience it for yourself.

Is JD trans?
- Transgenic.
- Its JD Vance actually.

Been to Canada and Mexico.
Flew over that shithole but that's as close I want to come to that awful country, no matter who's in charge.
I've heard plenty horrible stories from people I know who got treated badly by their gestapo cops and border goons.