MAGA Federal Worker Cuts Might Ruin Kansas City World Cup?!?

Sadly, it seems like we're already lowering expectations.

The reality is that six soccer games were NEVER going to boost this town's economy by any noticeable level. 

 And so . . .

We share a convinent way to blame the whole thing on Prez Trump . . . 

Erik Hansen of the U.S. Travel Association made a special trip from Washington, D.C., to attend the gathering in Mission, Kansas, on Thursday.

The meeting came the day after his organization issued a report warning that a backlog from the U.S. State Department issuing visas could prevent international guests from coming to Kansas City or other U.S. World Cup venues at all.

"We're concerned that there will be mistakes made to cut critical staff that are actually going to have a huge return on investment for the United States," Hansen said. "So, if there's a hiring freeze within the State Department, visa wait times go up, we could lose $19 billion just from visa delays alone. That's a huge missed opportunity for the country."

The report notes the World Cup is part of what’s expected to be a historic travel surge.

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