{"id":44242,"date":"2025-05-09T15:13:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=44242"},"modified":"2025-05-09T15:13:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:13:21","slug":"vice-president-j-d-vance-jokes-about-kicking-out-tourists-during-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2025\/05\/vice-president-j-d-vance-jokes-about-kicking-out-tourists-during-2026-world-cup.html","title":{"rendered":"Vice President J.D. Vance Jokes About Kicking Out Tourists During 2026 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44245\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44245\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2025\/05\/World-Cup-JD_credit-efks-stock-adobe-com-Inset-MassLive-YouTube.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44245\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2025\/05\/World-Cup-JD_credit-efks-stock-adobe-com-Inset-MassLive-YouTube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">efks \/ stock.adobe.com | Inset: MassLive \/ YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vice President J.D. Vance has no fear in sharing what is on his mind in front of a television camera, but his latest comments about the upcoming 2026 World Cup are getting him a kick in the pants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During an announcement highlighting the son of exiled former mayor and Trump attorney, Andrew Giuliani, as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5286108-trump-announces-world-cup-task\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the leader of a FIFA 2026 World Cup Task Force<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the vice president took an opportunity to issue an unfortunate line.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">VANCE: We&#8217;ll have visitors from close to 100 countries. We want them to come, we want them to celebrate, we want them to watch the games. But when the time is up, they&#8217;ll have to go home, otherwise they&#8217;ll have to talk to Secretary Noem<\/p>\n<p>AUDIENCE: ???? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AzJyFscFZG\">pic.twitter.com\/AzJyFscFZG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1919851212800766339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There in the East Room of the White House, sitting with President Trump and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, is the second most influential person in America launching verbal threats toward regular tourists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I know we&#8217;ll have visitors from close to 100 countries, we want them to come, we want them to celebrate, we want them to watch the game,&#8221; Vance said at the meeting of the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 on Tuesday. &#8220;But when the time is up, they&#8217;ll have to go home, otherwise, they&#8217;ll have to talk to Secretary Noem.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North America is the host, not only the United States. Mexico and Canada will join our country in welcoming soccer teams worldwide, but what seems to be falling on deaf ears is that FIFA made this a continental game, not a country game. Currently, foreign relations with our neighbors to the north and south are rather strained, given tariffs, border control, and various inflammatory comments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates 2 million international visitors will walk onto North American soil to attend any number of games in various states and countries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since that moment, leaders, influencers, and regular fans of the quadrennial soccer event have been trolling the vice president\u2014and, in essence, our country. Among the many notes in response have been:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe turned a World Cup welcome into a fear-mongering deportation line. Zero applause. Zero charisma. Zero clue.\u201d &#8211; Nikos Unity, songwriter<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMessage to VP Vance: With all the arbitrary detentions of foreign visitors on the ludicrous ground by ICE, don\u2019t be surprised if alot [sic] of foreign fans decide to give a pass to a trip to the USA, and watch it at home. The US is no longer a safe destination for foreign tourists.\u201d &#8211; Phil Robertson, human rights and labor activist<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTourism just took another 25 percent hit.\u201d &#8211; Bill Johnson, influencer<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others have compared this comment to \u201c1936 Olympic vibes,\u201d equating this to Hitler or clamoring about the national disgrace Americans should feel for this happening at a World Cup press conference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIFA President Gianni Infantino said at the press conference<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, &#8220;America will welcome the world. Everyone who wants to come here to enjoy, to have fun, and to celebrate the game will be able to do that.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many don\u2019t believe that on the heels of Vance\u2019s comments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regretfully, this isn\u2019t the only sports debacle involving VP Vance. Last month, he was ridiculed for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/jd-vance-mocked-fumbling-footbal-trophyy_n_67fd809ce4b09c14eff57fa2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fumbling<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Ohio State University\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/ohio-state-defeats-notre-dame-cfp-national-championship_n_678f2208e4b0d1b4d170ecaf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">College Football Playoff National Championship<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> trophy.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President J.D. Vance has no fear in sharing what is on his mind in front of a television camera, but his latest comments about the upcoming 2026 World Cup are getting him a kick in the pants.\u00a0 During an announcement highlighting the son of exiled former mayor and Trump attorney, Andrew Giuliani, as the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":516,"featured_media":44245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-television"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vice President J.D. Vance Jokes About Kicking Out Tourists During 2026 World Cup<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"VP J.D. 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