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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
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.
Nope, but direct moralizing and public shaming doesn’t work well to change behavior when you’re doing it to an anonymous person (it’s still not great irl, but at least there’s accountability involved).
How many vegans do you know who went vegan after someone online said “so rape’s okay when the victim’s a cow?” (I just used that as a comparison because it’s a philosophy predicated upon changing personal consumption to fit morals, to be clear. Also, I looked, but there’s not yet a great comprehensive study on what exactly made people go vegan yet, but they’re collecting data now, if anyone wants to participate.)
Its more like an exasperation. It doesn’t matter what I say here really. But I have to acknowledge it.
It’s just a sign of the times. Here you have a sport that nearly anyone can play. For a lot of people locally it can bring community together, gives people something to do and rally behind.
But the “circus” part of my statement is so on the nose: A non profit “charity” leveraging pay to play tactics to funnel money and power around an elite group of billionaires and corporations. Corruption, bribery, and even racism all are part of the politics of this sport. The whole reason why it is mentioned here. A way for Trump to call out to his maga base by showing them who is in charge, he can even reign in Fifa. Of course we get the obligatory statement from FIFA: “Football must never become a playground for political power.”, which is just more nonsense, because that is all it is.
Anyways, I am sure everyone knows that, but why support it? Cheering on the games, watching them, going to them, only continues to enrich the commercial interests who then use that money to leverage political gain and more power.
I just don’t get it: people are willing to make their lives worse and literally pay for that privilege, what else can I say?
it does not matter, he did it and tarnished the USA team… if the team did not play the carded player they could have saved face but they chose to play him fully
Agreed… I was cheering for them for being the host and underdogs, but tonight I was happy to see them defeated with ease
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.