New Posts For Thread: Trump supporters - wasn't his intervention in the world cup a perfect illustration...https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31906261/trump-supporters---wasnt-his-intervention-in-the-world-cup-a-perfect-illustration....of how he turns gold into sheet? Everything going along nicely for 'Team USA', he intervenes with his 'balancing of the scales' and suddenly Team USA is sheet, no one knows wtf they are doing and they are humiliated in front of the world (withoutListen people can like Trump but obviously admit he made a mistake. FIFA are obviously an organisation who IMO lack ethical values but we can all agree the tournament has been well organised, entertaining, good crowds and hopefully some good matcheshttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31906261/trump-supporters---wasnt-his-intervention-in-the-world-cup-a-perfect-illustration?post_id=565481517#565481517Listen people can like Trump but obviously admit he made a mistake. FIFA are obviously an organisation who IMO lack ethical values but we can all agree the tournament has been well organised, entertaining, good crowds and hopefully some good matchesThu, 09 Jul 2026 13:10:30 -0500I agree that the main villain of this episode is Sycofantino. His obvious toadying is the real story. We all know what Trump is like by now.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31906261/trump-supporters---wasnt-his-intervention-in-the-world-cup-a-perfect-illustration?post_id=565481501#565481501I agree that the main villain of this episode is Sycofantino. His obvious toadying is the real story. We all know what Trump is like by now.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:02:51 -0500I don’t know anybody who is giving FIFA a free pass on the contrary they are raging at trumpton lick a ss stuff, did they not give him some weird peace prize thing ? For what ?https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31906261/trump-supporters---wasnt-his-intervention-in-the-world-cup-a-perfect-illustration?post_id=565481395#565481395I don’t know anybody who is giving FIFA a free pass on the contrary they are raging at trumpton lick a ss stuff, did they not give him some weird peace prize thing ? For what ?Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:23:58 -0500It's not odd that blinkered TDS sufferers give FIFA a free pass over this corruption.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31906261/trump-supporters---wasnt-his-intervention-in-the-world-cup-a-perfect-illustration?post_id=565481225#565481225It's not odd that blinkered TDS sufferers give FIFA a free pass over this corruption.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:43:29 -0500It's odd that Trump cultists are trump cultists no matterhow ridiculous it makes them look.Can't just accept that a bit of corruption is wrongEven if it spectacularly backfiredhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31906261/trump-supporters---wasnt-his-intervention-in-the-world-cup-a-perfect-illustration?post_id=565481203#565481203It's odd that Trump cultists are trump cultists no matterhow ridiculous it makes them look.Can't just accept that a bit of corruption is wrongEven if it spectacularly backfiredThu, 09 Jul 2026 10:27:00 -0500Not sure about that if competition was in England and King Chuck phoned FIFA to lift a Harry Kane suspension and it was lifted, most football people would be appalled.I’m willing to be corrected but I don’t think this situation has arisen before.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31906261/trump-supporters---wasnt-his-intervention-in-the-world-cup-a-perfect-illustration?post_id=565481127#565481127Not sure about that if competition was in England and King Chuck phoned FIFA to lift a Harry Kane suspension and it was lifted, most football people would be appalled.I’m willing to be corrected but I don’t think this situation has arisen before.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:07:18 -0500Like yes, you could make an argument if the player made a difference in the result. I don't believe he did.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31906261/trump-supporters---wasnt-his-intervention-in-the-world-cup-a-perfect-illustration?post_id=565481101#565481101Like yes, you could make an argument if the player made a difference in the result. I don't believe he did.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:02:26 -0500Because it involved Trump, not because a player skipped a suspension to play for a team that lost the match.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31906261/trump-supporters---wasnt-his-intervention-in-the-world-cup-a-perfect-illustration?post_id=565481091#565481091Because it involved Trump, not because a player skipped a suspension to play for a team that lost the match.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:01:20 -0500Most football people are appalled by FIFA bowing to Trumpton but root cause was him getting involved.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31906261/trump-supporters---wasnt-his-intervention-in-the-world-cup-a-perfect-illustration?post_id=565481085#565481085Most football people are appalled by FIFA bowing to Trumpton but root cause was him getting involved.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:59:17 -0500Just the people still vexed by it, long after the team is out of the tournament. Hardly on Maradona's level of cheating, was it. A player swerved a suspension and the team still got defeated.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31906261/trump-supporters---wasnt-his-intervention-in-the-world-cup-a-perfect-illustration?post_id=565481077#565481077Just the people still vexed by it, long after the team is out of the tournament. Hardly on Maradona's level of cheating, was it. A player swerved a suspension and the team still got defeated.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:56:42 -0500