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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barney Ronay in Miami

America is showing us football in its final dictator form – we can’t afford to look away

President Trump hosts Juventus players at the White House.
President Trump left Juventus players bemused when he hosted them at the White House and talked about transgender footballers. Photograph: Ken Cedeno/EPA

Should we give it a miss? Is it best to stay away from next summer’s Trump-Infantino US World Cup? Depending on your politics the answer may be a resounding no or a bemused shrug. Some will see pure drive-by entertainment. Why would anyone want to boycott a month-long end-of-days Grand Soccer Parade staged by two of the world’s most cinematic egomaniacs?

But it is a question that has been asked, and will be asked a lot more in the next year. Those who intend to travel will need to answer it by action or omission. Would it be better for dissenting media and discomfited football fans to simply no-platform this event?

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