This is interesting. Donald Trump recently held an event in the Oval Room to promote the FIFA Pass, “an expedited visa” which a foreign ticket holder needs if they expect to enter the US and watch the games with the least amount of fuss or uncertainty. During the event, Trump also insulted Seattle's progressive mayor-elect Katie Wilson and threatened to both harm the region's economy and disgrace one of the most famous brands in the world, FIFA.
Trump: “If we think there's a problem in Seattle, where we have a very, very liberal-slash-communist mayor, certainly beyond just liberal.... I watched her over the weekend... wow, that's another beauty we got there. But if we think there's gonna be another problem, we're gonna move this event to another place where it's going to be appreciated an

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