How did that happen, and how corrupt does FIFA have to be for them to let it happen? What was the quid pro quo? Because there always is one.

there are documentaries about the bribes they get. So they get along well with our corrupt US president.

Whether FIFA is corrupt or not, whether a bribe or done under pressure, Trump's made up conversation didn't happen.
And I bet the trophy isn't staying in the White House when/if he ever leaves. This "gift" is to Trump, not The White House.
That's illegal, right?

Gifts given to presidents that are valued above $375 are supposed to be transferred to the National Archives, though the president can choose to purchase them. Trump won't do that, though.

And I was worried about a measly soccer trophy.

for a fact that there isn't a 747 parked in the National Archives. Yeah, I guess we do.

shithole have no rights to keep it. Dirty asshole

And made replicas to hide the theft.

There’s one for future political science and history majors to ponder.

Meanwhile, I am pondering who really has the replica.

between the original and the replica. A good joke if Trump has the replica. What would he need the real one for? Just as long as he believes...

On a visit to Russia Robert Kraft met with Putin and Putin asked to hold one of Krafts Superbowl Rings. Kraft took it off his finger and handed it to Putin who to this day has never given it back. Trump is emulating his hero.

Is the owner of the New England Patriots. He's also the gross creep who was caught on video getting a BJ from trafficked Asian girls in some southern state on his way to watch his team play.

I guess that magically disappeared.

WTF was Kraft doing with Putin??

for an advantage because having Brady wasn't enough?

"DeflateGate."

I'm a Bills fan so a natural enemy of Tom Brady's Patriots, but I thought that deflated football stuff was nonsense. The football in play is in the refs' hands after every play, I would think they would know whether or not the balls were deflated.

Brady got suspended for a few games and the Patriots were fined a million dollars, but it seemed bogus to me.

for something that didn't happen?

And he wanted to get back the ring, but was pressured by the White House to let it be considered a gift. "Not worth starting WWIII about".
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/heres-how-vladimir-putin-stole-a-super-bowl-ring-from-the-patriots-robert-kraft/|

looks fake AF!

Ugly, tacky, big, and gold plated.

Instead, I laugh my ass off at him and his utter hollow existence...to be so damaged and broken and in need of CONSTANTLY being told (real or imagined) that you are important is pathetic on a cellular level.

Congrats Fred Trump - you drove one son to an early alcohol-influenced death and another into a hellish existence where he KNOWS that he is a worthless piece of shit with no intrinsic value. Fred Trump ladies and gentlemen - fathe of the millenium in the 2nd AND 3rd mellenia of the common era! That is some world class fuck-upery there.

As for Donnie Two Scoops, fuck him I laugh at his increasingly desperate grasps for affection and affirmation. He lies about it constantly, which is clearly indicative of a diseased mind and lack of soul. Donald Trump is NEVER happy and the fact that he lies about his life and accomplishments, failed at multiple marriages, and CHEATS AT GOLF (where you play on your honor as the arbiter of the rules) makes it very clear - that is a man desperately ashamed of his life and too cowardly to end it.

Suffer 2-scoops, suffer. Know this - WE HATE YOU. It's not that anyone hates America, they ALL HATE YOU! Have another tormented day you sack of shit.

You don't have to be a psychologist to know that Convict's parents did a REAL number on him that we all have to suffer for. It's clear, on some level, DT knows he will NEVER be good enough.

Al Franken had Stuart Smalley who needed daily affirmations. That character was amusing, and not obnoxious.

*rump is galaxy class vile. I wonder if there will be a well tailored Hell for him to be punished in.

IF such a place (hell) and concept (eternal punishment for temporal crime or offense) were REAL, then I have long said that the joke would be on the holier-thjan-thou Christians who gleefully wait for the apocalypse and the rapture because my "hell" would be getting stuck in their "heaven" (having to live in eternity with them is truly the definition of torture).

Turns out I was hasty in such a declaration...my true 'hell' would be getting stuck in a Trump rally forever! (So I guess that the preachy Christians are off the hook...damn the luck!)

…except for just enough American morons to keep him in power.

and everyone of them tells me that soccer is a communist sport. They even went so far to say that Pele' should have been hung from a lamp post.

Doubt that Krasnov scored many points with his base over soccer.

These people are lost, and I don't want to look for them.

They can go to Stadio Olimpico in Rome and tell the Lazio ultras the same thing.

It won't end well for the MAGAts.




Lazio ultras:

???

"This can't be real!"

Under this MONSTER.

if it was real

WTF!

Why do I think the trophy is big, tacky, and gold?

with the implication that he himself will be forever in the oval office

I believe he probably asked to keep it in the Oval Office for a while, and FIFA wanted to stay on his good side, so they agreed. Then once he had it, he wanted to keep it. One thing is for sure, he never asked them "When are you going to pick up the trophy?"

He wanted to keep the trophy - another nice big gold tchotchke for his collection - and they gave it to him because Infantino is his new BFF. From the linked article:

They are worse than the IOC.

...THE most corrupt organization in the world.

The NFL shut Trump down cold on ownership for an NFL franchise in the 1980s.

to attend games—and how they will be treated when they arrive.

"‘We’re never going to pick it up, you can have it forever in the Oval Office,’”

Kindergartners tell more believable lies.

The one that Chelsea received is the original by virtue of it being presented to them. The one he has in the Oval Office is the replica by virtue of its never being presented to a winner.

(or that he extorted from them). Chelsea won the match so the trophy they have, which symbolizes the win, is the real one. Trump didn't win a damn thing.

Do we have a DU betting pool on how long that will take?

Seriously not EVER. Primaries or general elections. None of it. He never got my vote and I can’t imagine how he ever could in the future.

I expect outrage from FIFA members and the Immediate resignation of the FIFA president

If you can’t believe Donald Trump …

I wonder if the trophy the fugly felon stole is the replica and they're letting him believe it's real. I would laugh and laugh


“They [FIFA] said: ‘Could you hold this trophy for a little while?’" Sure they did.

But the link isn't for the Onion...

It's only been held since 2000.

Unlike the World Cup, which is held every 4 years, which is the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world. The viewership of the 2018 World Cup was estimated to be 3.57 billion, close to half of the global population, while the engagement with the 2022 World Cup was estimated to be 5 billion, with about 1.5 billion people watching the final match.

All of this is to say, practically nobody cares about the Club World Cup outside of the 32 clubs competing and their fans. It's nowhere near as popular as the UEFA Champions League in Europe, even among American audiences. Attendance at the tournament averaged just 34,759 out of a capacity of 61,352. Only 3,412 fans turned out to watch Ulsan Hyundai and Mamelodi Sundowns. US TV audiences averaged just 400,000, a 0.17% rating.

I'm sure Trump thinks this is the greatest most prestigious trophy in the world. In reality, he just likes it because it's gold and gaudy.

The entire issue is twisted by Trump into something that defies the ordinary meaning of words. The players cannot be given a replica, since what makes a trophy a trophy is the fact that it was presented to the players. Why anybody goes along with Trump's idiotic redefinition here is a mystery.

... you think that evil skid mark can't possibly sink any lower... it's Monday. Time to recalibrate the pervometer.

Now you know why I won't watch soccer. And may I also mention -- "Shove that trophy up your ass Trump"

It's not like he would have known the difference.

Now, all I can think is this world is truly batshit crazy

12th-place, runner-up, fifth-string players need validation too!

Oh fuck, he wouldn't do something like that. Trump is one of the biggest low life scumbags on the planet!

This is one of the most insane on-pitch awards presentations I've ever seen and I've been watching international soccer for over 20 years.

on edit: to add: grr. that wont get me into trouble.

This Fucker47 thinks he is so special--so entitled that he can have whatever and whoever he wants. It matters not a twit that he has no part in it--no contribution except for his own greed. He is seriously like wormy dog shit caked onto shoes and impossible to get all the way off. The stink, the stain has been tracked through our White House, our country, the whole world.

When Robert Kraft showed Putin one of his Super Bowl rings, Putin simply took it. I can't remember exactly, but I believe he looked at it briefly and then shoved it his pocket, or else had handed it to an assistant to remove it for safekeeping. Later he thanked Kraft. Kraft was too embarrassed to say anything and let him keep it. Masha Gessen worked this story into her theory that Putin thinks everything "belongs" to him and has this kleptomaniac aspect of his personality.

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