United States President, Donald Trump, was finally granted his wish of bringing the 2026 FIFA World Cup to North America.
The 1994 hosts will stage the competition alongside neighbours Canada and Mexico.
The embattled president openly backed his country, to the extent of addressing three letters to FIFA, assuring that World Cup organizations and its fans won’t face restrictions coming to America.
It was one part of extensive but largely under-the-radar government support for the bid, and the letters took away the primary fear in the minds of FIFA federation members that could have persuaded them to vote for Morocco instead.
Wednesday’s vote follows on from the success of Los Angeles in gaining the right to stage the 2028 Summer Olympics, a campaign backed by Trump and in which L.A. bid leaders were highly complimentary of the president’s involvement.
Trump was delighted his hard work paid off.
The U.S., together with Mexico and Canada, just got the World Cup. Congratulations – a great deal of hard work!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2018
Unfortunately, just Mexico of the three will be in Russia.
