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elizabeth villa's avatar

Actually need to hear every thought the Mexican President had during this deranged dog and pony show

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Brendan Dentino's avatar

Her memoirs need to include recollections of that night.

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Stephen's avatar

I am physically hurting from laughing at this. I am sorry I missed it. Surely there is a FIFA television network rebroadcasting it 24 hours a day.

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Brendan Dentino's avatar

Would be a good torture device.

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Christopher Dake's avatar

Having had a few stints working at the Kennedy Center, and being a fan of soccer and the World Cup, I'm glad I missed this last week.

Also, none of this is surprising. The best was the peace award. All-time banger of an idea from one corrupt power to another.

My only hope is that Trump goes to the final and then takes the trophy off the field with him.

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Brendan Dentino's avatar

Hilarious and genius.

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Brendan Dentino's avatar

I was thinking about that - how they’re going to manage Trump at the final. Going to be a train wreck.

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Christopher Dake's avatar

One thought - Give him a bigger trophy that says "Best Person Ever" or something.

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Paris FC English's avatar

Nice piece. The whole thing was grotesque. It's quite sad to see the extent to which FIFA (Infantino) has debased the World Cup, and the sport in general.

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Brendan Dentino's avatar

Grotesque - perfect word for it.

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Eileen Dentino's avatar

I caught bits and pieces of it and couldn’t believe what a horrible production it was. It was as if they didn’t even rehearse! And the peace prize? What a joke! Totally cringe worthy!

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Devora Maximova's avatar

The number of points, anthropologically, is a nice touch

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Whitney's avatar

Not sure if I should like soccer after reading this

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Brendan Dentino's avatar

It’s always men who ruin everything

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Mark Rocha's avatar

Believe me, Nicole Scherzinger was brilliant in “Sunset Boulevard” on Broadway, the play itself an allegory for what happens to someone who doesn’t bow and scrape to the faded star. (Shot and thrown in the swimming pool.)What is she doing in this drek? And I’m going to have to work hard to forgive Judge for participating.

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Gary Trujillo's avatar

Trump is insanely socially inept. Everytime I watch the guy on the tube I'm thinking, "he literally never learned how to act in public." It's always awkward and never funny.

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Brendan Dentino's avatar

I’m one of those people who had to tune out Trump news after he won in 2024. So the Draw was the most I’ve observed Trump in a while. I think that’s why I found the whole thing so insane.

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