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‘I made them do it’ – Donald Trump takes credit for FIFA decision to overturn Folarin Balogun ban (sports.yahoo.com)

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++Sky News++ captured his words, as he explained: “”Yes, I asked for a review by FIFA. I spoke to a man [Infantino] who is highly respected. I’m the one who got them to do it, not Biden. Biden was asleep.”

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[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Wtf would Biden have to do with this

[–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It's the central foundation of his inferiority complex.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It's just part of his cognitive bias manipulation.

He has to keep up chipping away logical reasoning and at some point people just accept it as truth.

[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

It works, unfortunately. For example, Trump supporters believe that cyclist actually damaged the Reflecting Pool because he was arrested. Being arrested must mean he did it, right?

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump forgot that he's president and still thinks he's campaigning against Biden

[–] Callandor@lemmy.zip 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't biden dying of cancer now. And STILL lives rent free in that orange perverted head.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Biden and Obama both have palatial estates on that fucktard's head.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Robert Baratheon: What about Aerys Targaryen? What did the Mad King say when you stabbed him in the back? I never asked. Did he call you a traitor? Did he plead for a reprieve?

Jaime Lannister: He said the same thing he'd been saying for hours... Burn them all!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 13 hours ago

I somehow forgot what a fucking hero Jaime was for that, and how it basically ruined the rest of his life.