If Trump were to implement his threat, he would, in essence, be Vladimir Putin's partner in crime in a war of aggression that violates international law.
What perhaps remains unresolved, is how long the American electorate will allow Trump to reduce their country into a paranoia state, an empire of appalling tantrums and ragtag diplomacy.
From President Trump’s standpoint, a decline in the World Cup’s popularity due to Ronaldo’s absence would not be pleasant, and the same would be true for FIFA's.
US President Donald Trump has used everything he could to undermine the sovereignty of this country with little to no success. It must remain like that.
If Trump were to implement his threat, he would, in essence, be Vladimir Putin's partner in crime in a war of aggression that violates international law.
Even in the earlier "Deal of the Century," Benjamin Netanyahu steered Donald Trump toward a Bar-Ilan-style bear hug: first applying Israeli law to parts of the territories, and only afterward offering a "minus Arab state."