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Wouldn't it be great for the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup to be opened by TWO FEMALE PRESIDENTS -- of Mexico and the USA?? Presidents Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo and Kamala Harris doing the opening honors for 2026-- another HISTORIC FIRST!! 

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Technically Dilma Rousseff was the first one, although she was absent in the opening and in the final we couldn't have Cristina Kirchner for familiar reasons for the photo with Rousseff and Merkel in the final. 

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On 7/24/2024 at 3:26 PM, Roger87 said:

Technically Dilma Rousseff was the first one, although she was absent in the opening and in the final we couldn't have Cristina Kirchner for familiar reasons for the photo with Rousseff and Merkel in the final. 

True.  But if Kamala and Claudia are around to preside over the Opening Games in both countries -- then it would be a historic first for TWO WOMEN leaders of co-host countries vs. the women you named for 2014 but didn't show up.  

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A presidente Dilma Rousseff, de verde, acompanha a cerimônia de abertura ao lado do presidente da Fifa, Joseph Blatter, na Arena Corinthians (Foto: Nilton Fukuda/Estadão Conteúdo)

In 2014, then president Dilma Rousseff was present at the Opening of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

However, the president did not make an opening statement, after adapting the FIFA protocol, as the president had been harassed by the stadium when she opened the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. 

Despite not having made the opening statement in 2014, this did not prevent the president from being harassed and booed in the stadium several times during the opening match and also in the final match (although in the final match, the FIFA organization realized that boos were beginning to appear at the moment the cup was handed over and the music in the stadium quickly increased).

Fun fact: 
Brazilians have long been known for booing and antagonizing their presidents at sporting events. 
President Lula da Silva was booed at the opening of the 2007 Pan American Games and President Michael Temer was booed at the opening of the opening of olympics in 2016.

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6 minutes ago, Bear said:

apparently the Final is getting their own super bowl half-time show, produced by Global Citizen:

https://variety.com/2024/music/news/world-cup-final-halftime-show-global-citizen-produce-fifa-starting-2026-1236158976/

Well, we have two years to teach Americans all the socio-cultural codes surrounding football (the real football) and that no, football is not American football, and that all attempts at musical shows in football competition finals have at best met with indifference, at worst general embarrassment.

(if Americans only know how to swear by "Super Bowl" when it comes to putting on a show, that's pretty worrying for the LA ceremonies...)

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Literally the most predictable thing about this whole tournament...I wonder which Colombian will be the headliner :lol:

(Just when you thought the Americans were starting to properly get football...)

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56 minutes ago, yoshi said:

Literally the most predictable thing about this whole tournament...I wonder which Colombian will be the headliner :lol:

(Just when you thought the Americans were starting to properly get football...)

Are they going to bring out Shakira like they did for the previous 248 World Cups or are they going to innovate?

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i like the idea i must admit, but like, there's already a closing ceremony. why do you need yet another show on top of that? especially one that takes place after the closing 😭

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And now plans from the wackamoo White House for July 2026-- the 250th anniversary of the USA!!  Maybe he'll be distracted from the United 2026 competition?  Maybe he will have suffered a stroke or heart attack by then?? 🤪 That would be the greatest gift for a 250th anniversary from the gods!!  Wow, the pressure on the US MNT for 2026 will be TREMENDOUS from this idiotic White House!  You can just imagine if they do not do well!! 
Trump makes plans to mark the nation's 250th anniversary celebration and recognize 'American heroes'

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3 hours ago, sebastien1214 said:

So, the United States, Canada and Mexico getting into a trade war; it would be really funny and ironic if those three countries ended up working together for a major event next year.

To be clear, Canada and Mexico are victims, not co-belligerents.

None of this makes any sense, and I say that as a conservative who agrees with 90% of the stuff Adam Smith wrote. Only a nationalist could believe that increasing US inflation by 2% and Canadian inflation by 5% is somehow a win for the US "because the Canadians will be hurt worse than us." 

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