Politico · 2026 FIFA World Cup

Not another political World Cup

· By Ali Walker, Zia Weise
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U.S. President Donald Trump is hardly the first World Cup host to seek to score political points from the tournament. For almost a century, leaders ranging from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini to French President Jacques Chirac have done exactly that.

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