Travel bans, border tensions, ICE raids: Trump’s impact on World Cup plans

Dec 6, 2025 - 00:00
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Travel bans, border tensions, ICE raids: Trump’s impact on World Cup plans
US President Donald Trump takes centre stage at the 2026 World Cup draw on Friday, presiding over a ceremony in Washington, DC designed in part to flatter him. But his hardline policies on immigration and often tense relations with his North American neighbours and co-hosts undercut the theme of global unity that the sporting event is supposed to represent.