Is Trump’s America scaring fans off the World Cup?
The News Agents
Global
4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
America is the only major country where visitor numbers fell last year. In fact it had its worst year for international tourism since 2008- barring the pandemic. Are tourists scared? Or has Trump put them off? Is this why Trump's Ambassador for Tourism is on a whistle stop tour of Europe drumming up business before the World Cup? We speak to the US Special Envoy.
Later why was a Facebook whistleblower silenced on stage at Hay Festival? We bring you Sarah Wynn-Williams - full throated and in vision - discussing her book Careless People in her first and last interview.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.4 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.7 | Donald Trump is not a great export for America and tourism. |
| 0:17.0 | You're talking to the number one fan of the President of the United States. |
| 0:20.1 | This is starting to feel like a referendum by the world on what the world thinks of Donald Trump. |
| 0:27.0 | The number of instances where people's social media have been checked is absolutely no different whatsoever under Joe Biden, under Trump One, or under President Obama. |
| 0:38.3 | Of course, everybody is welcome to come and see this incredible event. |
| 0:42.3 | I know we'll have visitors probably from close to 100 countries. |
| 0:45.3 | We want them to come, we want them to celebrate, we want them to watch the game, |
| 0:48.3 | but when the time is up, they'll have to go home, otherwise they'll have to talk to Secretary Nome. |
| 1:01.3 | That is J.D. Vance a year ago, sort of welcoming people to America for the World Cup, which starts in just 10 days' time. But has that message about just get the hell out when it's over, |
| 1:08.2 | had a chill effect? America has suffered an 8 billion pound decrease on tourism spending in the last year. |
| 1:18.7 | Is this a referendum by the world on Donald Trump? |
| 1:23.0 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:29.4 | The Newsagents. The Newsagents. |
| 1:32.3 | It's John. |
| 1:33.3 | It's Maitliss. |
| 1:34.2 | Welcome back. |
| 1:34.9 | Thank you very much. |
| 1:35.6 | And it's lovely to be back from Australia. |
| 1:38.8 | But let us talk about America, the World Cup, tourism numbers. |
| 1:42.6 | In a moment, we're going to be speaking to Donald Trump's |
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