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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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[–] Lootboblin@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

FIFA’s history with corrupted boss men are legendary but egghead Infantino takes the cake.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Can Donal Trump die of old age already? We're all just waiting for a cheeseburger to do him in. Seems like ghouls live to be a hundred. There's some law of physics going on here, violating the space time continuum by wishing ill of them.

[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 1 points 7 hours ago

Every day I open the news hoping...

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 16 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

When I get more time I might edit this for a world cup theme...but it still mildly fits.

[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

My god I love Mike Luckovich. He might be the best political cartoonist out there. Been enjoying his work since the 1990s.

[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 hours ago

Lie. Cheat. Lose. Repeat.

This is 100% on-brand.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 14 points 15 hours ago

We had a good thing, you stupid son of a bitch

Anyone who knew someone like Trump would ruin a well-oiled grift machine.

This sorry excuse for a human being has less planning skills than a pool of piranhas.

He could have called Infantino, have the suspension reversed and brushed away tbe journalist's question with a joke, but he's even worse than Berlusconi.

[–] ecvanalog@lemmy.world 63 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

“We cheated and still lost” is not the flex you think it is

[–] ChokingHazard@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

2020 repeat

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 10 points 15 hours ago

Isn't it almost every trump flex , though?

[–] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 33 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

...and the whole football world cheered as Belgium mobbed the floor with them.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder if he threatened them with ICE

[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

He threatened to denounce the FIFA Peace Prize.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 18 hours ago

Well the ownership class of the US is a bunch of Karens. We know this.

And we know FIFA is corrupt AF, even more than the NFL.

What's vulgar about it now is that it's done without a lick of subtlety or tact. The corruption is out in the open. They're doing the Qu'ils mangent de la brioche more plainly and more often than was ever done in France.

( Technical history fact: Marie Antoinette never said it, but the rumor was viciously spread and sped her way to the guillotine. The historic queen was classically trained and actually had tact. The French aristocracy, however, did not.)

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

But did they tell him that balogun not only is black, but got the citizenship by ius soli, two things he hate and wants to remove?

[–] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 4 points 13 hours ago

But he's not poor, which makes all the difference in the world. In America we especially hate poor immigrants

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 35 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

Wtf would Biden have to do with this

[–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It's the central foundation of his inferiority complex.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 11 points 16 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 7 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 23 hours ago (2 children)

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

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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 18 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 12 hours ago

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

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 102 points 1 day ago (45 children)

Conspiracy time.

Because of the 250 years of independence, the final will be rigged to be USA/England and the USA will win controversially.

Then trump will keep the trophy

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago

He already kept the FIFA trophy won by someone else and infantino had to give a copy to the winners https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-fifa-soccer-club-world-cup-trophy_n_68755c06e4b0b1c6f12569ae

[–] dogdeanafternoon@lemmy.ca 13 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Debunked. Thank fucking Christ.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 16 hours ago

4-1 jajajaja

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[–] scytale@piefed.zip 46 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Lol I bet the commissioner didn’t expect he’d brag about it to the public.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

Should have known better then,

He has a record of mouthing off

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