I love that this guy is a natural born citizen. His parents were both Nigerian, living in London, they were visiting New York and they couldn’t fly back because the mother was pregnant so they had to stay and give birth here. Then they returned to London. Which is totally fine nothing wrong with that. It’s just funny that Trump went to bat for him like a week after he lost his Supreme Court case arguing that this man should not be an American.
and the USA soccer team will be forever known as a whiny bitch that had to run to mommy for a chance to play
Did Team USA ask Trump for this? Or did he just do it? It was a horrible look. I wanted so bad to support our team, but Trump ruined it, like he’s ruined everything else
From what I have found Trump seems to have done it on his own. Balogun had accepted his red card about as gracefully as anyone, even shaking hands with the ref after the match. And the US team had said they would not challenge the call. It looks like everyone was going to just get on with life and move forward.
Yeah, I actually went to the red card match, bought a USA soccer shirt, was super into the world cup. When Trump pulled his bullshit, I actually bet and rooted against the US. Man is the antimidas. Everything he touches turns to shit.
Merdeas touch.
So FIFA supporting literal slavery and it’s decades of overt corruption was fine for you to go spend a much of money on tickets and merchandise, enabling and supporting said slavery and corruption…
But trump is a whiny little bitch (when isn’t he?) and now things have gone too far for you.
Nobody likes FIFA, everyone likes the world cup. I don’t make the rules.
As long as the rich get richer who cares right? Watch men chase the ball, its a good circus.
Please let people scrape some enjoyment out of the constant barrage of awful things happening.
So contributing to the problem is ok as long as its fun. Got it.
And still lost
Honestly that’s the sweetest part of it. They run to mommy, gets reinstated like it’ll mean something and then promptly get their asses handed to them. And there’s no room to complain “well we didn’t have X player because of Y”.
They were all there, you had your full team, you still got owned.
I’d like to think that Eric Trump lost a lot of money betting on the game.
That’s the annoying part of this. Like, even if you’re a fan of the USA, if they actually win, it’s going to always be a story about Trump.
Also, in defense of the US team, this is absolutely something Trump would just do on his own because he can. But, you’re right, no one sees it that way.
This is a guy that put his name next to JFK on a building. He wants to make everything about himself. Knick’s game is another example. He’s so narcissistic that he doesn’t even care how bad this looks the the US team.
He just thinks it makes him look powerful, and, quite honestly, it does. FIFA is who people should be upset with here. You can be upset Trump called. But, holy shit, you should be more upset FIFA just did what they were told.
The USA team could have saved face and not play Balogun but they did… and no, it does not make trump look powerful because everyone knows fifa is one of the most corrupt organizations in the world
If anyone had hopes for the USA team because they are hosts or because they are underdors or whatever, that’s over… now it’s just trump’s bitch team
Yes but can you imagine Trump’s reaction if they didn’t play Balogun and then lost? He’d whine about it forever. This way he championed a birthright citizen and thankfully Belgium won, saving both teams the acrimony of preceived cheaters winning.
oh no! jebus forbids anything upsets the orange pedophile turd
I agree with most of that. But, I’m sorry to be the one to inform you: Corruption is a form of power. The leaders of most other countries aren’t getting the same privilege as the leader of the US and host nation would. If you don’t acknowledge corruption as a form of power then you’re really missing the problem with corruption in the first place.
Corruption is a form of power
I know this but refuse to celebrate it… therefore in my book, corruption is just trash
The leaders of most other countries aren’t getting the same privilege as the leader of the US and host nation would
They probably would, they are just not petty or stupid enough to bother asking… or they would have worked it discretely
If you don’t acknowledge corruption as a form of power then you’re really missing the problem with corruption in the first place.
Already addressed it
I will never understand why people think there is importance in how they decide to define things in their heads moreso than how they have an impact on the material world. Why should I care how correctly acknowledging that Trump has “power” makes you feel?
Power is not just an idea. It has actual impact on whether you acknowledge it or decide it should be seen as “power” in idealism. You calling something “powerful” isn’t giving it power. The economic, military, and social connections give power.
The leader of the US will have this power whether or not you celebrate it. And I never said to celebrate it. I’m not celebrating it. I said to acknowledge it.
You seem to think you’re in a movie and bending the knee or something. It’s not. It’s pointing to the problem.
In my opinion. Calling it “trash” is just you giving a comforting but useless response. Yeah, we all dislike it. I would hope we all hate white supremacy. But pretending white supremacy doesn’t have “power” in our world would be delusional.
And the Trump curse screwed them.
What if there were riots to disqualify America? Shit… Sport rioters plus The Antifa…
usa team got trounced by belgium, apparently USA football/soccer isnt that good compared to other countries that are very heavy into football.
