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boston bean

(37,026 posts) Mon Jul 6, 2026, 02:25 PM Monday

The issue is no other country with an ounce of couth [View all]

Last edited Mon Jul 6, 2026, 05:44 PM - Edit history (1)

That would have called the head of FIFA and interfered.

Why? Because it is unsportsmanlike.

It is out of bounds to do so.

Teams/players and countries live with the lumps of bad calls.

But Trump and USA doesn’t have to live with a bad call?

Bad calls are made all the time. A president should keep his fucking trap shut and let the games be played as they are called, just like every single other game and competition.

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The issue is no other country with an ounce of couth [View all] boston bean Monday OP

He feels entitled. sheshe2 Monday #1

+1... 2naSalit Monday #2

Thank you. sheshe2 Monday #5

YW... 2naSalit Monday #6

Whether it was a bad call is disputable Prairie Gates Monday #3

What a surprise - the man who notoriously cheats at golf would Marie Marie Monday #4

Red card was a bad call - but displaying sportsmanlike behavior means taking your lumps harumph Monday #7

Larry the Cat says... Tanuki Monday #8

It's easy to blame Trump, but doesn't FIFA have a vote? Do they HAVE to submit to him? Don't they bear some Fil1957 Monday #9

Please, please do not put my "couth" in the same realm as the pedopres. First of all, in the southern culture I was efhmc Monday #10

Gonna need more than that if you want me to change something. boston bean Monday #11

This message was self-deleted by its author boston bean Monday #12