JD Vance brutally trolled for remarks on deporting FIFA World Cup fans: ‘What a disgrace’ | Trending

US Vice President JD Vance has become the target of backlash for suggesting – albeit jokingly – that tours who come to the United States for the FIFA World Cup will be deported if they overstay their visas. According to CNBC, Vance’s offensive remarks were made during a World Cup task force meeting, which was also attended US President Donald Trump. US Vice President JD Vance faces backlash for a joke about deporting tours attending the FIFA World Cup.(Getty Images via AFP) The United States is co-hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will take place next year in the US, Canada and Mexico. The quadrennial soccer tournament is a big tour draw – in 2022, for example, more than 1 million people travelled to Qatar to watch the matches. JD Vance’s commentsUnited States authorities say that while they are gearing up to welcome tours to the country, they want to ensure nobody overstays their welcome. It was during a World Cup task force meeting that JD Vance joked about deporting tours and subsequently faced massive backlash. “We’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,” Vance said. “But when the time is up, they’ll have to go home, otherwise they’ll have to talk to [Homeland Security] Secretary Noem.”   Veep under fireFootage of his comments has gone viral with more than 6.4 million views in less than a day. Given that one of the purposes of the FIFA World Cup is to drive tourism to the host countries, many people mocked the US Vice President for fear-mongering and hurting the very economic interests the tournament is supposed to promote. “He turned a World Cup welcome into a fear-mongering deportation line. Zero applause. Zero charisma. Zero clue,” wrote one X user. “What a disgrace. Vance’s joke landed like a deflated soccer ball. Nothing says ‘welcome’ like a deportation threat at a World Cup presser,” X user Carolyn Barber opined. Many social media users said that given the current climate of fear in the US, and JD Vance’s remarks, tours would be wary of travelling to the country. “Why would anyone risk coming? We have a President that denies people due process, that our constitution stipulates everyone on our soil has,” an X user wrote.