CurmudgeonIn 1980 the United States led a boycott of the Olympic games in Moscow due to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. Sixty countries joined the boycott.
The 2026 World Cup is mostly in the United States.
[Yes, this post is about Venezuela.]
LOLoud@jetton Any nation that participated in the 1936 Olympics and regretted that choice needs to do some hard thinking right now about "multi-national" games scheduled to be held in the US and who is or isn't welcome to either participate or attend.
Even assuming you manage to get a visa and clear customs, what is going to happen when you show up at a stadium with brown skin and a "foreign" accent?
I don't know, but neither would i take the risk to find out.
RMI think some of the more famous athletes are showing it doesn't bother them.
Leo Messi is still in the US and Son Heung Min moved there after Trump became president again.