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Trump’s World Cup Hijacking BLOWS UP on the Global Stage
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July 25, 2026
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33:48Now PlayingThe 2026 World Cup was supposed to be America's moment on the world stage; instead, it became a live test of what it means to host the biggest sporting event on earth in Trump's America, where the welcome mat and the travel ban went out together. Former homicide prosecutor Melba Pearson, the Resident Legal Diva, sits down with FA Cup-winning former Premier League captain Emmerson Boyce — an England-Barbados dual citizen and Black footballer who's lived the racial abuse the game still hasn't stamped out — to break down the summer's biggest flashpoints: the entry bans stacked on dozens of nations even after the U.S. locked in hosting, the FIFA logistics and legal gymnastics behind the scenes, the red card fiasco and Trump's call to FIFA, the racist abuse aimed at players, and the immigration crackdown shadowing every host city.
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