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| Trump Hints At Punishing Countries That Won't Back US World Cup Bid |
| 2018-04-27 |
| ...except that Trump says no such thing. U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Thursday evening that the U.S. consider removing support for certain nations if they lobbied against a joint bid by the U.S., Canada and Mexico to host the 2026 World Cup. "The U.S. has put together a STRONG bid w/ Canada & Mexico for the 2026 World Cup," the president wrote on Twitter. "It would be a shame if countries that we always support were to lobby against the U.S. bid. Why should we be supporting these countries when they don’t support us (including at the United Nations)?" He did not single out any countries by name. "You help us & we'll help you." A fairly simple concept, isn't it? Recent news reports have said the joint North American bid is in peril because of Trump’s rhetoric and a reluctance to grant the U.S. something at a time when the president has supported a travel ban against mostly Muslim countries and reportedly called unspecified African states "shithole countries." (Trump has denied using that specific language, but his account has been disputed by lawmakers who were present at the meeting where the alleged utterance occurred.) Nope, there's no such thing as liberal media bias! |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #4 Personally, I'd prefer to pay someone else to host this BS. Rah! |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2018-04-27 14:37 |
| #3 Get this - FIFA warns Trump about statements that could be construed as 'undue influece' and (get this) lectures him on ethics! |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-04-27 12:32 |
| #2 US last had it in 1994. Somehow it didn't promote a massive surge in American love of the game. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-04-27 12:16 |
| #1 reportedly called unspecified African states "shithole countries Whoa whoa whoa. Don't have to go to all the way to Africa for shitholes. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2018-04-27 10:25 |