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[–] Cherry@piefed.social 19 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

FIFA are giving peace prizes? Why? Their sense of importance is astounding. They need to get back to grassroots.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 30 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

It's just bribery. Give Trump something shiny and expensive with "Trump is great" written on it and he'll treat you favorably.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 13 points 19 hours ago

It doesn't last long, though. He already forgot about it after Machado gave him real Nobel peace prize, if not sooner.

[–] Cherry@piefed.social 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Did anyone else get one?…I might apply 😆

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 11 points 19 hours ago

They specially made it up just to give Trump. 

It was a bribe. 

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 6 points 16 hours ago

Because Obama got a Nobel peace prize, Trump is obsessed with getting one himself. That's why.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Fifa want trump to change "soccer" to "football" and trump wanted a peace prize.

So FIFA made up a peace prize and gave it to trump.

And for like an afternoon trump rambled about how football should mean the same in America as everywhere else. But his followers didn't latch on to it because no one in maga gives a fuck about soccer.

Fifa gained nothing, and made people hate them even more. I really don't know why Europe doesn't just make their own. FIFA has been corrupt and holding the sport back for decades.

Are you telling me a group of grown men give a s*** about what the United States calls football?

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 3 points 19 hours ago

Remember when maga swore off football bc colin, the knee, and the flag?
Why they still here...?