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‘I made them do it’ – Donald Trump takes credit for FIFA decision to overturn Folarin Balogun ban (sports.yahoo.com)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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++Sky News++ captured his words, as he explained: “”Yes, I asked for a review by FIFA. I spoke to a man [Infantino] who is highly respected. I’m the one who got them to do it, not Biden. Biden was asleep.”

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[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 45 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I was a great athlete and understand sports very well...

I understand penalising someone in one game but you can't penalise them for a game that hasn't happened yet.

How can anyone listen to such nonsense and be like "yeah I should vote for that guy". Every time I torture myself by watching a video of him, there's some outlandish claim of great knowledge or adeptness on a subject, immediately followed by laying out complete misunderstanding of said subject.

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 21 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, that second one was an insane sentence. You literally can, Donald. That's how the fucking suspension system works, as you well know.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

And while none of the more popular US sports have a card system with set rules, every single one of them can and does eject players and then suspend them for subsequent games.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

as you well know.

Doubtful.