Jones Murphy

Giving Trump the FIFA Peace Prize isn't going well for FIFA and the World Cup

https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/20/world-cup-economy-business-tourism-hotels-revenue/

World Cup Economic Bump Is Starting to Look Like a Bust

With less than three months before the tournament starts, hotels have fewer advance bookings than they did this time last year when there were no special events.

THE CITY - NYC News
Mar 21 at 4:13pmMastodon for Android
Show threadChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Mar 21
@jonesmurphy who could have predicted that the worst people giving each other fake awards while they grift and kill, would lead to normal people being like…. NOPE
Show threadSheebMar 21

@jonesmurphy I can tolerate a little mass migrant murder by Qatari artistocrats, but giving Trump a silly award?

That's over the line.

Show threadChristian Klüber-Demir 🏈Mar 21
@jonesmurphy
Who would currently want to visit the USA...? My wife was born in the Middle East, I don't need to see her locked up and sent back at the border already (w/o reasons given), or get imprisoned, deported to El Salvador, or killed by ICE without legal basis. Because I actually like her!
Show threadJones MurphyMar 21
@ckd I'm in the USA. You're absolutely 💯 correct. I hope everyone stays away.
Show threadChristian Klüber-Demir 🏈Mar 21
@jonesmurphy
I just hope this nightmare ends soon!
Show threadAlMar 21
@jonesmurphy I can't image record crowds wanting to visit the US for any reason atm.
Show threadJones MurphyMar 21
@Spiros455 I'm astonished by people who visit the USA right now, particularly if they are not white. One of my aunts(age 82) visited NYC 3 weeks ago and immediately left. Even though she has a lot of nephews & nieces here in NYC and across the USA, she returned to the Caribbean because her life expectancy is higher there, and she doesn't have to deal with the racist hatred & ICE threat here.
Show threadAlMar 21
@jonesmurphy I'd rather visit the Caribbean Islands than the US anytime. Stephen Miller/Trump have made the US a dangerous place for non whites
Show threadJones MurphyMar 21
@Spiros455 Trump has reimposed the USA's historical bans on immigration from predominantly black countries, and to a lesser but significant degree other predominantly nonwhite countries. Most of the world's 1.3 billion black people cannot even visit the USA. This upcoming World Cup will be the most racist in generations. Teams from predominantly black countries, some of the best in the world, will play without fans, while teams from mostly white countries will have fans in the stands.
Show threadAlMar 21
@jonesmurphy US definitely going backwards in my understanding. Back to the racism of the 50s and 60s and long before that 😨
Show threadJones MurphyMar 22
@Spiros455 yes. That's what Trump supporters mean by #MAGA