German soccer executive calls for World Cup boycott to protest Trump

A German soccer federation executive committee member has advocated for the consideration of the nation boycotting the upcoming FIFA World Cup in response to recent actions by President Donald Trump.

President of Bundesliga club St. Pauli Oke Göttlich, who is one of the German federation’s 10 vice presidents, told the Hamburger Morgenpost newspaper in an interview on Friday that "the time has come" to "seriously consider and discuss this." 

Göttlich compared the situation to the 1980 Moscow Olympics...