Trump should undoubtedly hijack the 2026 World Cup drawing, FIFA deserves every second of it

Tomorrow, the world’s biggest sporting event collides with the world’s most unpredictable human being. The 2026 FIFA World Cup Draw is going down at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and instead of being a straightforward international ceremony, it has the potential to become the greatest geopolitical meltdown in sports history.

Kevin Hart is hosting. Heidi Klum is co-hosting because why not. Brady, Shaq, Gretzky, and Aaron Judge will be on stage pretending to understand FIFA procedures. Andrea Bocelli will be singing to a crowd that thinks “Bocelli” is a new MLS expansion team. And yes, the Village People are performing “YMCA” live on stage at a World Cup draw.

FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw: President Trump, Mexican President Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Carney will be in attendance.

Will they address the fact that FIFA and UEFA presidents have been accused of assisting war crimes and crimes against humanity in the International Criminal Court?

— Kat (@KatVilarev) December 4, 2025

Sitting right there in the middle of it all will be President Donald J. Trump.

If you are Canada or Mexico, that is your nightmare scenario. Not only is Trump attending, but he is sharing the stage with your political leaders. There is no universe in which this goes according to script.

He will absolutely name drop the “Gulf of America.” He will absolutely say something deranged about making Canada the 51st state. He will absolutely claim that soccer was invented in New Jersey. Mexico is not leaving the Kennedy Center without catching a verbal stray.

Trump is off his rocker this week and the man thrives on chaos. Imagine if FIFA just handed him a mic and said, “Be yourself” or even worse, The Trump Show takes center stage and our president uses this as an opportunity to dunk all over the world.

Point being: If you think this ceremony will proceed quietly, you have not been paying attention to… anything.

This is FIFA we are talking about. The most corrupt sports organization on the planet. The group that once took hundreds of millions in bribes to award tournaments.

The group that gave Qatar a World Cup built on air conditioning and human suffering. The group whose executives treat ethics like a cocktail garnish.

People actually think FIFA is going to keep Trump away from the inner workings of the draw? Be serious. The official answer would be, “No, Trump will not have any hand in the actual drawing.”

The real answer: Trump will be as involved as he wants to be and nothing FIFA does will prevent him from doing so. He is going to see the bowls of balls on the stage and immediately treat them like a personal challenge.

No one should be shocked if he tries to wander over and get in on the drawing.

Not to mention, this is the perfect World Cup to rig.

The United States enters as a host country, which automatically puts us in Pot 1 with the giants of global soccer. Co-hosts Mexico and Canada also land in Pot 1, but that is where their good luck ends. Group A belongs to Mexico. Group B belongs to Canada. Group D belongs to the United States. Those three groups are already locked in.

From there, it is chaos: 48 teams, 12 groups, and the world’s most disorganized draw mechanics. Teams from the same confederation cannot be placed together unless they are European. There are six unclaimed spots still to be determined by UEFA and intercontinental playoffs.

Italy might not even qualify, which feels spiritually important. Pot 4 is filled with placeholders. Two teams will enter via intercontinental play-in rounds that include DR Congo, Jamaica, New Caledonia, Iraq, Bolivia, and Suriname.

The whole thing is held together by duct tape. This is a riggable infrastructure in our great nations capital city, the most riggable environment imaginable, hosting the most riggable event on earth.

…and President Donald J. Trump knows it.

2026 FIFA World Cup Draw Pots Are Set…

Next Friday's World Cup draw pots are set 🌎 pic.twitter.com/C8UCcvP5Ap

— B/R Football (@brfootball) November 25, 2025

Iran and Haiti are both World Cup qualifiers who, under Trump’s own travel-ban order, would not even be allowed into the United States. If they end up drawn into our group, it will not be an accident. It will be comedic perfection.

It is not crazy to imagine Trump nudging FIFA officials backstage or whispering “Group D” every time a ball is cracked open.

Then there is the reply guy who popped into the discourse with a bot-generated lecture about FIFA and UEFA presidents being investigated for war crimes. Since I included your comment, I’ll respond directly.

We do not care. Keep that FIFA and UEFA bullshit overseas. Whatever criminal nonsense is happening in Switzerland means absolutely nothing to Philadelphia.

America is hosting the World Cup next summer. It is our 250th birthday. This is our party. Our moment. Our sports-mad city at the center of the world. We do not give a single ounce of energy to European scandal book clubs. We care about scoring goals, filling stadiums, and seeing Broad Street erupt again like it is the 2018 parade.

America is the epicenter next summer. Philadelphia specifically. No city on earth will matter more. No storyline will be louder. There is no better time to rig shit up.

The Triple-Rig Theory

This brings us to the most important question of the day. I consulted my noble steed Ryan Conway, Editor at Large of The Liberty Line who also is hard at work as our international relations and global soccer strategist.

I asked him the question that only America could ask:

If FIFA is already rigged. And if another country rigs the rigging on top of the rigging. And if Trump walks in and rigs the rigged rig… does that make it a triple-rig?

It’s a Matryoshka doll of corruption, if you will.

A stack of rigging so powerful it could actually have a major influence on politics across the globe. In the end, it would be the most patriotic event imaginable and alter the entire future of soccer here in America.

Everyone wants the “golden age” of American soccer but what if that opportunity is here and taking place off the pitch? Is this the chance to change everything?

We’ll Find Out Tomorrow

Trump is unpredictable. FIFA is compromised. Canada and Mexico should be sweating. Philadelphia is preparing for the greatest party in American history and the United States is sitting on a golden platter built perfectly for manipulation.

If Trump does not rig the draw, someone else will. It’s time to take advantage of the moment. This is FIFA. This is the World Cup. In America, we do not believe in playing fair when everyone else is cheating… especially not on our 250th birthday.

Let the games begin.

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