@nana.igbo: #Repost @shanelloliver1 ... The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off June 11 in the United States. And the host country has done everything in its power to make sure the world cannot show up to watch it. FIFA projected this tournament would generate $30.5 billion for the US economy. Economists are now warning the actual impact will be a fraction of what was advertised as hosting costs accumulate and thousands of tickets remain unsold less than two weeks before the tournament begins. Hotel rates in host cities from Atlanta to San Francisco are down by a third. Experts are attributing it directly to ticket prices, inflation fears, and what economists are calling the Trump slump. The US government spent $625 million in security funding across its 11 host cities. That money was not spent welcoming the world. It was spent screening it. In Mexico hotel rates spiked nearly 1,000 percent in some cities as the tournament approached. In the US host cities the hotels are a third empty. The bias isn’t subtle. It’s institutional and it is costing this country the tournament it was promised. American bias is proving that this country is no longer equipped to manage a world stage. And the world is taking note.