The eyes of the international soccer world will be on North America next summer when the FIFA World Cup comes to the US, Mexico and Canada. President Donald Trump has been intimately involved with the planning – going so far as to threaten to move games from cities that don’t cooperate with his policies. Ahead of the tournament draw, we examine what’s behind Trump’s fascination with the tournament and whether international fans will want to come amid stories of detention and deportation. 

For more: Trump muses about what it would take to strip US World Cup host cities of games just months before the tournament kicks off 

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Guest: Don Riddell, CNN World Sport Anchor and Correspondent 

Host: David Rind 

Producer: Paola Ortiz 

Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin 

Editorial Support: Kyle Feldscher, Jennifer Bernstein

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