{"id":368178,"date":"2026-07-18T10:59:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T05:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=368178"},"modified":"2026-07-18T10:59:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T05:29:46","slug":"trump-wont-hesitate-to-postpone-world-cup-final-over-canadian-wildfire-smoke-u-s-ambassador-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/trump-wont-hesitate-to-postpone-world-cup-final-over-canadian-wildfire-smoke-u-s-ambassador-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump won\u2019t hesitate to postpone World Cup final over Canadian wildfire smoke: U.S. ambassador &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says if smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to blanket Latest Jersey ahead of the World Cup final on Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump is not going to hesitate to ask the sport be postponed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the pollution is so bad that it\u2019s dangerous to the players or it\u2019s dangerous to the fans, the primary person to say don\u2019t hold the sport will likely be the President of the US,\u201d Hoekstra told Global News in an exclusive interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hoekstra said conversations with FIFA were currently happening concerning the air quality ahead of the ultimate between Spain and Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to jeopardize the health and well-being of the players, or from people all over the world, by setting a game that&#8217;s in unsafe conditions,\u201d said Hoekstra.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The ultimate is ready for Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium, an open-air venue in East Rutherford, N.J., where air quality reached \u201cunhealthy for everybody\u201d levels on Friday, in response to the U.S. Air Quality Index.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" 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The MLB also had not less than one baseball game postponed and others moved resulting from the harmful air quality.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou may sense the atmosphere a bit and you possibly can see there\u2019s smoke within the air,\u201d said Spanish midfielder Mikel Merino on Friday, a day after his team trained outside in hazardous conditions ahead of the World Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut for a game that&#8217;s as necessary as a World Cup final, you&#8217;ve gotten to find a way to shut out external aspects as much as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Sports<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11967843_6a5b066b45633\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11967843\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11967843\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11967843_6a5b066b45633\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data='{\"content\":{\"name\":\"Argentina to face Spain in 2026 World Cup final\",\"type\":\"video\",\"sections\":[\"videos\",\"national\",\"sports\"],\"keywords\":[\"2026-world-cup\",\"argentina\",\"argentina-world-cup\",\"fifa\",\"short-clip\",\"soccer\",\"spain\",\"spain-argentina\",\"spain-world-cup\",\"world-cup\",\"world-cup-final\",\"world-cup-semifinals\",\"global-national\"],\"iab\":{\"categories\":[\"News\",\"Sports\/Team Sports\/Soccer\",\"Sports\",\"News\/Sports News\",\"Sports\/Team Sports\"],\"tags\":[\"2023 Canadian wildfires\",\"Air pollution\",\"Air quality index\",\"Ambassador\",\"Argentina\",\"Association football\",\"Canada\",\"Chicago\",\"Christopher Carlsten\",\"Donald Trump\",\"Doug Ford\",\"East Rutherford, New Jersey\",\"Emergency management\",\"FIFA\",\"FIFA World Cup\",\"FIFA World Cup Trophy\",\"Global News\",\"Health\",\"Major League Baseball\",\"Major League Soccer\",\"MetLife Stadium\",\"Michigan\",\"Mikel Merino\",\"New Jersey\",\"New York City\",\"Ontario\",\"Pete Hoekstra\",\"Pollution\",\"Preparedness\",\"President of the United States\",\"Smoke\",\"Soldier Field\",\"Spain\",\"Statue of Liberty\",\"Tariff\",\"United States\",\"University of British Columbia\",\"Wildfire\",\"World Health Organization\"]}}}'>\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Argentina to face Spain in 2026 World Cup final'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/5fezt1775y-82rsot3nvh\/260715-ERIC.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">2:07<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Argentina to face Spain in 2026 World Cup final<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The anticipated air quality for the weekend outside Latest York is \u201cnot extreme by any measure. 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