US President Donald Trump Friday threatened to retrieve America’s support for countries that will not endorse the US-Canada-Mexico joint bid to host FIFA 2026 World Cup and back the other bidder, Morocco. “The US has put together a STRONG bid with Canada and Mexico for the 2026 World Cup,” Trump tweeted“It would be a shame if countries that we always support were to lobby against the US bid. We can only refer to the FIFA Regulations for the selection of the venue for the final competition of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and in particular to the Bid Rules of Conduct incorporated therein,” FIFA said in its statement. Morocco’s bid has so far been supported by the Arab League, which called at the latest Arab Summit in Saudi Arabia on member states to rally behind the Arab bid. The same thing may happen to his threats related to the FIFA 2026 World Cup tournament…

Source: The North Africa Journal April 28, 2018 23:03 UTC