USA 2025/26: "If you're coming here to celebrate a great event, we want you to come" (A. Giuliani)

"You're welcome here (the USA). If you apply early for your visa, if you qualify, then we want to have you here for the 2026 World Cup (which starts in one year's time, to the day, on 11/06/2026). President Trump has made it very clear that if you're going to come here to celebrate a great event like the World Cup, or America 250 (on 04/07/2026), we want you to come," said Andrew Giuliani, head of the White House's FIFA World Cup 2026 task force, to the US media Politico on 08/06/2025.

"If you're going to come here to cause trouble, then you're not welcome here. What I can tell you is we're going to be working hard on the back end to make sure that you have the opportunity to enjoy these games in person," added Giuliani.

As head of the White House's 2026 World Cup task force, Andrew Giuliani, born on 30/01/1986, must first deal with the Club World Cup 2025, also organised by FIFA: the competition kicks off on Saturday 14/06/2025 (Al Ahly FC - Inter Miami FC in Miami, Florida) and both the world football body and the United States are using it as a kind of dress rehearsal, one year…