> > > >
> >>> >>>
> >>>> Final score:
> >>>> USA 1
> >>>> Belgium 4
> >>>> Trump 0
> >>>
> >>> Buncha guys playing kickball on a football field. Who cares? > >>
> >>The same could be said for any sport. Grownups playing children's > >>games.
> >
> > Should we all sit on our butts and play solitaire?
>
> Should we sit on our butts and watch other people play sports?
>
Hammy dear, yours is big enough to watch 2 sports simultaneously, so...
And yet we,re still:
UNITED STATES
2-0-1 · 1ST IN GROUP DTry not to vilify your own countrymen, traitor.
Traitor? I did not vilify my countrymen, I stated a fact. The POTUS had no business getting involved with a decision made by a sport league.
You can be sure Belgium was really first up and it showed. Trump saved one player that failed to score. You see things like that where a parent complains at a Little League game.
President Trump wasn't _the only one_ 'involved' though, was he?
//France have appealed to the governing body in the hopes of having Michael Olise's yellow card rescinded, and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer reportedly intervened to prevent Sunday's Round of 16 game between Mexico and England from being moved to earlier in the day.//
Trump's media appearance on Monday morning confirming he spoke to Infantino has also made things worse for FIFA as he essentially admitted to government interference, or at least lobbying, during the World Cup. FIFA has historically opposed political leaders from intervening in international soccer with litigious vigor.
The football at the 2026 FIFA World Cup has been brilliant. Every game has featured storylines, narratives, and thrilling action to prop up the matches as best as humanly possible. And yet still, FIFA has managed to cast a dark cloud over the competition by extending this saga to unreasonable lengths.
As the snowball swells to unmanageable size, this kind of scenario is usually reserved for children who must learn valuable life lessons as they grow and understand the world around them. Yet here we are, the world's most popular sport forced to reckon with the exceedingly uncomfortable reality that they've taken it too far."
Context for Trump's actions:
"The U.S. striker was, by most accounts, wrongly sent off for serious foul play on the hour mark of their 2-0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Round of 32. It's not the first time a referee has made a poor decision, and it certainly won't be the last.
It would have left Balogun suspended for the following game: their upcoming Round of 16 match against Belgium, one in which the two teams are believed to be evenly matched. Balogun's absence would surely be felt.
FIFA could have left it there. An injustice, sure, but one that is somewhat commonplace in sport. It would have been a subplot to the game, but not the overarching narrative. A potential excuse after a possible defeat, maybe, but the U.S. has the players to make up for it.
Then, the snowball began rolling down the hill.
Without an appeal process — as most competitions feature — written into the World Cup regulations, FIFA had to get creative. "
As usual Eddy P, all you can see is TDS, in everything!
Regardless:
UNITED STATES
2-0-1 · 1ST IN GROUP D
As if you don't have enough on your plate, big Hammy!
He's is a grifter, shyster and convicted felon, yet you adore him. Did you make billions like he did?
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