Paid Subscribers mailbag: Tariffs, immigration and President Trump’s impact on domestic US Soccer

Beyond the 90 Podcast · Apr 23, 2025 · 16m

President Trump is unlikely to have a huge impact on whether people travel to World Cup 2026 or not as many of the concerns I have heard about coming to the United States predated his election, but the immigration and tariff situations as well as the uncertainties created by Trump’s policy meandering about are already negatively impacting the sport in this country. One potential positive is that a weakening dollar may lead to more foreign clubs touring the United States. Increasing inflation may help USL but the potential of stagflation which could come from a protectionist economic policy…