Washington April 27 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has helped kick off the race to host the 2026 World Cup tweeting his support for Washington s joint bid with Canada and Mexico the media reported.
"The US has put together a strong bid with Canada and Mexico for the 2026 World Cup " Trump tweeted on Thursday.
"It would be a shame if countries that we always support were to lobby against the US bid. Why should we be supporting these countries when they don t support us (including at the UN)?"
The formal announcement of the North American bid was made on April 10 at a press conference at One World Observatory in the World Trade Centre in New York reports CNN.
The 2018 FIFA World Cup will take place in Russia but the US men s national team will be watching from home.
Falling 2-1 to Trinidad and Tobago the US failed to qualify.
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