Thoughts on the world cup?

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Ugh... Belgium vs USA next Wednesday. On one hand the team did better than I thought, and frankly... The match against Senegal was tight, but Senegal was overall better imho.

On the other hand... Why the fuck bother? Balogun got a red card in the last match so according to theoretical rules he shouldn't be in the match on usa's team. But Trump made a call to Infantino, and now the penalty is reversed.
I can't say i care about the sport, but i care about the principle. Why the fuck do we even bother showing up? Just give the USA another gold prize and just get the teams out safely.

(note: i had to Google this guy. My wife and colleagues won't shut up about it)

To add for the lulz, Balogun only plays for the Yanks because he got birthright citizenship, which Trump wants to abolish, because the airplane company thought his mother was too heavily pregnant to fly. If things had gone to plan, he would have been born in England and have no way to play the US team.

The White House putting this effort for Balogun to play when in thier eyes, he shouldn't have American citizenship is somewhat remarkable. As this is the World Cup, there's something to be said about inconsistent right wingers.
 

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