The Daily Populous Wednesday May 7th, 2025 morning edition
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JD Vance attempted a charm offensive on Tuesday, and failed with the charm while succeeding in being offensive.

Rather than stoke excitement for a global event that could be a tourism cash cow for North America, Vance decided to take a different approach — and joked about deporting the potential thousands of tourists visiting the U.S. for the occasion.

“We’ll have visitors from close to 100 countries. We want them to come, we want them to celebrate, we want them to watch the game,” Vance said. “But when the time is up, they’ll have to go home, otherwise they’ll have to talk to [Homeland Security] Secretary Noem.”

VANCE: We'll have visitors from close to 100 countries. We want them to come, we want them to celebrate, we want them to watch the games. But when the time is up, they'll have to go home, otherwise they'll have to talk to Secretary Noem

AUDIENCE: 🦗😳🦗😳 pic.twitter.com/AzJyFscFZG — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 6, 2025

Since the idea of the meeting was, in part, to get people excited to travel to the U.S., Vance was brutally mocked for not understanding the assignment.

He turned a World Cup welcome into a fear-mongering deportation line.

Zero applause. Zero charisma. Zero clue. — Nikos Unity (@nikosunity) May 6, 2025

JD Vance jokes about deporting visitors who come to America to watch the FIFA World Cup

=> These "people" share a sense of "humor" that's straight out of a slasher flick, or maybe even a snuff film. 🤬 — Jeff Fleischmann ☮️ 🌊 (@Philosocrat) May 6, 2025

This is so unprofessional. — Dianne Callahan (@DianneCallaha16) May 6, 2025

Come one, come all! Celebrate global unity at the World Cup... but don’t get too comfortable, or Kristi ‘Shoot First, Ask No Questions’ Noem will personally escort you out.”

They’ve somehow managed to turn an international celebration into a threatening deportation PSA with a… — Robin Duggan (@RobinDuggan3) May 6, 2025

Why would anyone risk coming? We have a President that denies people due process, that our constitution stipulates everyone on our soil has. — Denison Barb (@DenisonBarbs) May 6, 2025

Right wing sense of humor is beyond cringe. — 💥Arbiter of Cool💥😎✌🏻👊🏻 (@ArbiterofCool) May 6, 2025

Honestly, threatening foreigners with a conversation with Kristi Noem unless they leave might be the most effective strategy they’ve thought of yet https://t.co/yiZhOHYORl — Ginny Hogan_ (@ginnyhogan_) May 6, 2025

Ah, the classic 'come for the party, but don't you dare overstay' welcome. Enjoy the goals, absorb the culture, but linger past check-out and your next scheduled appointment is apparently with the person who handles... inconvenient guests. Peak festive-but-also-firm messaging. — Projekt Europa (@braesikalla) May 6, 2025

The world has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever — The Independent Bird (@Theindie_bird) May 6, 2025

This isn’t Vance’s only unfortunate mishap involving a sports tournament of some sort.

Im_Talking on May 7th, 2025 at 01:20 UTC »

Why is their humour always about hurting people?

Historical_Bend_2629 on May 6th, 2025 at 23:44 UTC »

They are high on their own supply folks.

Tricky_Damage5981 on May 6th, 2025 at 23:40 UTC »

Idk even the joke of deporting tourists should lead to cancelation or relocation