• mhague@lemmy.world
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    Infantino is president of FIFA. FIFA is legendarily corrupt. Infantino defrauded FIFA and used money to buy himself shit. Infantino enjoys the corruption and attention from being at the top. That’s just how FIFA rolls.

    At worst Trump stole the medal and trophy from a guy who doesn’t give a shit. Infantino changed the rules to put his name on the trophy, that’s all he cares about. He’s cut from the same cloth as Trump.

    At least Trump didn’t take anything from people who matter. The players weren’t screwed by Trump. FIFA screws the players and Trump stole bullshit from FIFA. Fuck them both for making the sport about themselves.

  • Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world
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    I like that he closed his eyes. It’s the little kid logic of, “If I can’t see you, you can’t see me.” Truly, a stable genius.

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      Ask Cole Palmer what he thinks since this was a totally normal thing to do and not in anyway confusing.

      Also I’m 100% calling bullshit and this gift was to save face. Chelsea players we’re pissed he was even there.

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      This doesn’t contradict the article. It explicitly says he was given the medal by Infantino in the subheader and the article body.

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        Yes, but the implication of “given the medal to look at” and “pocketing FIFA medal” is that Trump “stole” it or wasn’t supposed to keep it, which I haven’t seen supported by a credible source yet.

        Edit: regarding your own edit (adding the second image), I found no information at the linked source supporting the sentence as presented.

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    When you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the medal. You can do anything.

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    Dementia. Not that he hasn’t always been like this, speaking from experience, it just sometimes makes the true self harder to hide for better and for worse.

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    He’s a thief? Wow, the person who steals from a charity is a thief!!?!! Anyways you guys better watch him around top secret documents, you don’t want to steal any of them (and then store them in an unlocked toilet next to a fax machine so he can easily fax them to other hostile governments for money or just because he’s an imbecile).