German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
BERLIN: (Jan 23) (AP) A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Oke Göttlich, the president of Bundesliga club St. Pauli and one of the German federation’s 10 vice presidents, told the Hamburger Morgenpost newspaper in an interview on Friday that “the time has come” to “seriously consider and discuss this.”
Trump has sowed discord in Europe with his takeover bid for Greenland — a semiautonomous territory of NATO member Denmark — and his subsequent threat to impose tariffs on eight European countries who opposed the takeover. It left many of America’s closest allies warning of a rupture with Washington capable of shattering the NATO alliance.
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