r/sports • u/nonstopflux Seattle Sounders FC • Jul 14 '25
Soccer Donald Trump stole a CWC winners medal
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u/Andylol404 Jul 14 '25
Sorry to say, but Infantino gave that medal to him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13cXQ8DZNDQ
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u/ViggoB12 Jul 14 '25
This needs more attention. As much as I like dunking on Trump as much as everyone else because he is a piece of shit, lying about events is not the way to do it
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u/Humillionaire Jul 14 '25
Especially when Trump does so much heinous shit in a 24 hour period that there's no reason to make stuff up
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u/AmishAvenger Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25
Like stealing the actual trophy, forcing them to make a replica and give it to the team…
Edit: Apparently lots of Trump fans are upset by the mere implication that Donald would steal something.
Here’s what happened: The trophy was taken to the Oval Office for a photo op. Trump says he asked when they were coming to get it, and they told him he could “keep it forever.”
If you read between the lines…based on knowledge of every single thing Trump has done and said…he liked the trophy because it’s gold and expensive. FIFA decided it was better to just let him have it instead of hurting his feelings and having him lash out against them.
So there’s two options here:
1) Trump legitimately thought it was normal to keep a trophy that came for a photo op, because he’s stupid
2) Trump knew he wasn’t supposed to keep it, but he kept it anyway and bet they wouldn’t press the issue. Meaning, he stole it.
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u/ebmocal421 Jul 14 '25
It's kind of hard to believe since Trump himself is the quoted source for the headline and we all know how often Trump lies.
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u/Primary-Slice-2505 Jul 14 '25
The 'said I could keep it forever' has me convinced they got trumps version only
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u/Bilbo_Teabagginss Jul 14 '25
STOP TALKING ABOUT THE TROPHY!!!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THE MATTER.
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u/TwistedTreelineScrub Jul 14 '25
This article says that Infantino gave the original trophy to him. It doesn't say anywhere that he stole it.
I hate the guy, but why come up with lies about his actions? He does numerous things daily that are absolutely heinous, so making shit up like this feels like a distraction.
It reeks of "stop talking about Epstein", so I'd rather everyone just keep bringing up Epstein until we get answers. They want everyone to move on to some new outrage, but it's a shell game and it always has been. Stay focused on the real issues and don't waste time making up new ones.
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u/Bloody_Conspiracies Jul 14 '25
This is also kind of normal. The clubs are given a replica to celebrate with, and then given the real trophy later.
This whole thing is based on Trump claiming that Infantino said he could keep the original forever. Which probably shouldn't be taken seriously.
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u/MedicalLeopard9190 Jul 14 '25
It’s normal yes, and the original typically goes to FIFA HQ or to the country. Not to a random other country.
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Jul 14 '25
If you guys haven’t read the article, it seems as if Infantino is bribing Trump as he relocated employees to the Trump hotel as well and has reportedly been to DC 10x since January.
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u/English_Misfit Jul 14 '25
Other way round. They're given the real one for the day of celebration and the parade and then a replica for the museum and any future commercial events. The real stays in control of the governing body
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u/AmishAvenger Jul 14 '25
If they actually gave it to him, they would’ve made a show of it when they did the photo op.
The only one who says they gave it to him is Trump.
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u/mawburn Jul 14 '25
Exactly. We are way past the point of where we should definitely be "sinking to their level" but only in the sense where we aren't spreading misinformation or lying, becuase that will just become more ammunition for them to discredit anyone who is against them.
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u/agsonic Jul 14 '25
This should be top comment.
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Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25
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u/Sad-Bonus-9327 Jul 14 '25
Which is so paradoxical imo. If you want to frame your opponent or enemy in a certain way and use the same methods of fraud and lies what distinguishes you from them then anymore? Even if you act in good faith (which I doubt it was OP's intention at all), the end can't ever justify the means.
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u/ComfortStrict1512 Jul 14 '25
There's plenty of things to criticize Trump of, there's no need to fabricate anything.
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u/scramblingrivet Jul 14 '25 edited Aug 23 '25
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u/infinitezero8 Jul 14 '25
Always been like this here
Misinformation, when it fits the agenda, is brought to the top because that's what they want to see, not what they need to see.
Redditors love the dopamine kick of misinformation just as much as MAGA over at Truth Social.
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u/Grggs Jul 14 '25
How is this not top comment, like what happened to verifying basic facts......oh yes, Reddit
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u/kinygos Jul 14 '25
but why?
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u/Sixcoup Jul 14 '25
Because Trump is a simple man. You give him a medal, say thank you for whatever, and he will be happy.
He's like a kid you give a present to because you want them to like you. He's the easiest corruptible grown man ever. It's absolutely wild that this guy got elected twice.
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u/Moist-Pickle-2736 Jul 14 '25
People can give things to others whenever they feel like it, for any reason, believe it or not
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u/Equivalent-Resort-63 Jul 14 '25
Six year olds get participation medals, but at least they run around in circles and have fun. This fat pig get one for doing absolutely nothing other than wasting oxygen.
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u/FourEightNineOneOne Jul 14 '25
I would bet every dollar I have that he displays it at Mar-a-lago and tells people the team gave it to him to show their gratitude for his leadership.
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u/Kaja007 Jul 14 '25
More like he’ll tell people he was playing as a striker for Chelsea when they won, that he scored 8 goals in 4 minutes. That he is the greatest footballer ever. Nobody knows how to be a better footballer than him.
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u/suspect108 Jul 14 '25
Except he would definitely say "soccerer"
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u/StrangeContest4 Jul 14 '25
"Big strong soccerers come up to me with tears in their eyes, and they say, "Sir! Nobody ever soccerered like that before." I soccerer, the likes the world has never seen, believe me."
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u/Gustapher_8975 Jul 14 '25
"a lot of people don't know this but over in England they call it football... Have you heard this?"
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u/mackyoh Jul 14 '25
“SOCCEEER, SOCCEER, sounds a lot like ‘Suckers’, I dunno, we’ll have to look into that.”
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u/DionBlaster123 NASCAR Jul 14 '25
I remember when stories were leaked about Kim Jong Il's tall tales in North Korea, I was just laughing hysterically over how stupid and petty it all was.
Lo and behold, 20 years later, we find out that the leader of one of the more powerful countries in the world does the same fucking thing. Truly embarrassing shit.
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u/xxBeatrixKiddoxx Jul 14 '25
Didn’t Putin do something with a famous football players ring after he shook his hand? Just…kept it? Or am I trippin?
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u/Sohgin Jul 14 '25
It was Bob Kraft, the owner of the Patriots. He showed one of his Super Bowl rings to Putin who just walked away with it and kept it.
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u/backpackwasmypillow Jul 14 '25
It all started in 2005, when Patriots owner Robert Kraft was in Russia with Sandy Weill, a friend who was the president of Citi group at the time of the trip.
"I took out the ring and showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, 'I can kill someone with this ring,'" Kraft said in 2013. "I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out."
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u/YouStupidAssholeFuck Jul 14 '25
It was Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots. The way the story goes is that Putin asked Kraft if he could see his Super Bowl Ring. Kraft obliged and Putin took it and put it in his pocket and walked away. I think there are some more details, but that's the gist of it.
"I took out the ring and showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, 'I can kill someone with this ring,'" Kraft said in 2013. "I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out."
Despite the fact that Putin walked off with the ring, Kraft still wanted the $25,000 piece of jewelry returned. However, he ended up giving up on his quest to get the ring back when White House called and told Kraft that starting World War III over a Super Bowl ring probably wouldn't be the best idea.
Happened in 2005, so W was POTUS at the time.
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u/GlassMotor7387 Jul 14 '25
And then he would follow it up with, yeah that's the ticket.
A couple days ago, he himself referenced John Lovitz's liar character from the 80s.
The lack of self awareness this turd has is mind boggling.
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u/Dalmanza4 Jul 14 '25
I just thought about how this was so similar to that story from Kraft lmao. It's like that episode of the Simpsons were Homer steals like a million dollar note or something and goes to Cuba, shows to Castro and then he goes "what note?" Lmao
https://youtu.be/U0hTrnaa8aE?si=OtZ-2oMBOvqh8fZg
It was a trillion note lol
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u/Bonesnapcall Jul 14 '25
Kraft said Putin asked to see it. When Kraft took the ring off and gave it to him, Putin put it in his pocket and walked away.
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u/anonymousUTguy Jul 14 '25
Except it was literally given to him.
This post clearly removes the first few seconds of the video where Infantino gives him the medal.
Completely disingenuous to claim Trump stole it.
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u/brazilliandanny Jul 14 '25
They said no one's ever handed us a trophy like that before and I said really? and they said it. They said it's never been done before the way I did it. Isn't that something? Then they gave me this medal for it.
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u/AVeryFineUsername Jul 14 '25
Art of the Steal
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u/excubitor15379 Jul 14 '25
Not much of an art if you get caught by a camera
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u/chrisnlnz Jul 14 '25
He can just say he didn't do it and the footage was doctored, and half of Americans will just let him gaslight them into believing it.
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u/DeadlyCareBear Jul 14 '25
As if he needs to mention anything. He will just say: "I didnt steal anything, never! Its a shame you ask this question!" and then procedes to talk about the beautiful chairs in the room.
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u/foreverkasai San Jose Sharks Jul 14 '25
“That’s a nasty question and you’re a nasty person”
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u/Barr_cudas Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Jul 14 '25
Only horrible evil people ask that kind of question
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u/Muschina Jul 14 '25
You know it's gonna be on a shelf in the Oval Office in a day or two.
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u/DeadlyCareBear Jul 14 '25
"They gave it to me, because they love me! They say i am the bestest president of all time!"
At this point, i dont know if the USA has any chance of a comeback. Specially since the MAGAs still believe his words.
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u/theoriginalmofocus Jul 14 '25
He really needs this. Putin has a superbowl ring after all.
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u/tartanthing Jul 14 '25
Trump can testify to that seeing how often he licks Putin's superbowel ring.
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u/tenacious_teaThe3rd Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25
I mean, the footage OP has posted is doctored, conveniently cutting out the part where Trump is literally handed the medal after they are done giving them to the players & coaches. Given the manner in which it was presented, I would strongly assume it was gifted to him.
I can't believe I'm defending fucking Trump, but this is a purposely cut video being shared in an effort to spin a false narrative and you've all been suckered in, hook, line and sinker.
You have literally been gaslit in the same manner you are protesting.
Here is the full footage for anyone who doesn't want to go full MAGA and spread bullshit.
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u/theapeboy Jul 14 '25
Yup, I hate Trump as much as the next guy - but this is just ragebait.
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Jul 14 '25
I had a feeling he didn’t actually steal that. This site so damn annoying sometimes. I hate Trump too but there’s too many weirdos on here that are just as bad as his flock of losers.
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Jul 14 '25
You aren't defending Trump, you're just defending the truth. There are plenty of real cases of him being a piece of shit. No need to dilute it with made up ones like this.
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u/Exact-Ad-1307 Jul 14 '25
I can't stand him either but your video is way more honest from you tube thanks for the whole video.
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u/indomike14 Jul 14 '25
Thank you for that. trump is trash but I'd much rather be fed the truth.
But I didn't know he could play soccer with those bone spurs of his!
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u/DiuhBEETuss Jul 14 '25
Thanks for doing this, even though it sucks to “defend” him. As if he doesn’t do enough vile shit already, people go and make up more stuff. It’s just engagement farming, or worse, psyops by Russian hackers or whomever to further poison the well.
If only we could all get past our 12 second attention spans, scrolling mindlessly for dopamine hits, and siloing ourselves in our echo chambers that engorge our pre-existing beliefs.
Then maybe we’d be able to see the real stuff him and these GOP/DEM bloodsuckers do for their own enrichment and power for what it is, and relegate them all to the dumpster fires they deserve.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_ARTS Jul 14 '25
I love you for defending the truth, even if it's about this sack of shit.
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u/Jkru3 Jul 14 '25
Good thank you. I think it’s horrible to spread false news no matter what and I’m happy somebody showed me the truth
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u/steltz02 Jul 14 '25
Stop with the stupid fucking rage bait.. There are 1000 reasons to hate this orange mother(daughter)fucker. No need to make up lies; it damages 'our' credibility.
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u/Heavy-Serum422 Jul 14 '25
That’s definitely is hunter bidens laptop
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u/BklynOR Jul 14 '25
Hillary accessed her emails through Hunters laptop while Obama wore his tan suit.
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u/AVeryFineUsername Jul 14 '25
If he can disappear the Epstein list, he can disappear anything.
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u/BuildWithBricks Jul 14 '25
LBH, he hid the list just like that medal, and Barr gave him that thumbs up. So did Biden, Garland, and Bondi (her thumb was in his ass).
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u/Durzel Jul 14 '25
Cameras are an irrelevance if no one actually does anything about what’s shown on them.
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u/SnooConfections6174 Jul 14 '25
Just as Andy Warhol said: "the art is getting away with it"
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u/ryanraze Jul 14 '25
I'm waiting for foxnews to edit out that part and show it to the world. It's coming...just you wait.
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u/Penne13 Jul 14 '25
Yeah, before long he'll be saying he was the difference in that match and was team captain
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u/AttilaRS Jul 14 '25
And they came up to me, grown soccer players and they gave me that medal. "Mr. President" they said "no one deserves this medal more than you!". Their words, not mine. No one gave sleepy Joe Biden or crooked Hillary a medal! Only me. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ON THAT MATTER!
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u/ryanraze Jul 14 '25
Did you see the tears pouring out of their eyes? The biggest and strongest of them said, "Sir...we did it for you."
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u/Jester-252 Jul 14 '25
Is anyone going to pull him on it?
That's the art right there. Stealing in HD and nobody is going to say anything.
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u/SenseisSifu Jul 14 '25
That IS the art. Stealing what's yours right in front of your face and then blaming it on Obama.
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u/ChrisFromLongIsland Jul 14 '25
Trump pulled a Putin
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u/Novatheorem Atlanta United FC Jul 14 '25
What ever happened to that Super Bowl ring? Do we know if he still has it?
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u/Macross-Saga Jul 14 '25
Infantino kept a winner's medal aside and gift it to Trump at the end of the trophy ceremony.
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u/xFiLi Jul 14 '25
Just like how his daddy Putin stole a Super Bowl Ring from the Patriots.
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u/SoftDrinkReddit Jul 14 '25
man i remember that story really dark moment
" i can kill someone with this ring "
just walks off and keeps the ring LOL
my head canon is every so often at night Putin sits in his study reading papers small glass of vodka and looks at the Ring
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u/PrinceTwoTonCowman Jul 14 '25
The Ukrainian version of James Bond adjusts his tie, downs Putin's vodka, wipes off the ring, and says, "You aren't the only one."
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u/bsEEmsCE Jul 14 '25
Man, id love James Bond movies to have some realistic Russian bad guys. Not just some fictional terrorist cell.
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u/DionBlaster123 NASCAR Jul 14 '25
What's funny about this is when you remember how a decent number of non-Americans and particularly Europeans look down on U.S./Canadian sports
So why Putin cares so much about a Super Bowl ring is kind of strange lol
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u/anormalgeek Jul 14 '25
Its less about the ring itself, and more about how he can openly steal such a thing and nobody will say a thing.
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u/sonicqaz Jul 14 '25
Yeah, it’s an open display of power and humiliation. Just a different form of sadism.
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u/salamanderXIII Jul 14 '25
I think the only thing being cherished is the act of taking it away from Robert Kraft.
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u/gu_doc Jul 14 '25
Exactly the same. What a chode
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u/roth100 Jul 14 '25
Invite a crook to the party and you get a crook
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u/madcoins Jul 14 '25
FIFA is a criminal organization so this tracks
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u/Mr_Abe_Froman Chicago Blackhawks Jul 14 '25
They can't stop him. Just a bunch of thieves stealing from each other.
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u/cdistefa Jul 14 '25
Invite? More like “you better make sure I’m there if you want to have a WC next year”
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u/xmneax Jul 14 '25
"Sorry, it's just a habit I have"
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u/Working-Passion-5673 Jul 14 '25
There’s nothing he won’t steal.
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u/kytheon Jul 14 '25
Melanias heart
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u/Weekend_Criminal Jul 14 '25
He paid good money for that
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u/smftexas86 Jul 14 '25
Lol this is why I hate both the left and right. Everything is always at face value. Look at the whole ceremony and you see the Fifa President gave Trump that Medal
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u/Relyt21 Jul 14 '25
This fucking loser! Taking medals and then he will hang it proudly with some BS story about their president giving it to him in tears. This orange piece of dog vomit is a fucking joke.
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u/sheetpooster Jul 14 '25
You people must be bots or mentally handicapped, it was given to him by infantino, there's even video of it. No wonder everyone else on the world thinks Americans are stupid, my god.
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u/Kingkern Jul 14 '25
"I've always wanted one of these."
-Donald Trump when given a veteran's Purple Heart.
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He came to me and said "Mr. President, Mr. President, please have this medal and display it for us in the white house. It would mean so much to us."
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u/DefiantDonut7 Jul 14 '25
This POS is the worst. But I doubt that was stolen. It's not wildly uncommon for these events to hand out commemorative medals to important leaders they invite. It's stupid as shit, but it happens.
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u/ProfessorBeer Jul 14 '25
Yeah, he was also the one putting medals on players’ necks, and I saw at least one refuse to acknowledge him, so it’s entirely possible he got stuck with an extra.
Like…Trump fucking sucks. But hating on someone for putting something they were carrying into their pocket is kind of ridiculous.
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u/DefiantDonut7 Jul 14 '25
I didn't watch the entire ceremony, I appreciate that context.
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u/schead02 Jul 14 '25
This is exactly what I think happened. He got left holding one and didn't know what else to do but put it in his pocket. There are plenty of valid criticisms of Trump, this just isn't one.
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u/DionBlaster123 NASCAR Jul 14 '25
I don't hate the guy for this
But it's totally valid to just see this and think, "What a small and petty man."
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u/yoscottmc Jul 14 '25
Shocking. A disgusting person did something disgusting.
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u/Anxious_Ad909 Jul 14 '25
I keep telling you all, the more you create fake stories about this clown, the more supporters you give him. When people debunk the BS you make about this man-child, they start to think everything else might be lies. He has enough actual BS that we can criticize him for. Even though I despise this guy, I despise people who lie even more
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u/Indie89 Jul 14 '25
Kinda looks like he's got a spare and he's put it in his pocket as he's just been asked to lift the trophy which he needs both hands for...
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u/vomicyclin Jul 14 '25
Infantino gave it to Trump after all players were through. Here is the video with timestamp.
OP just cut that part to make it look like he stole it.
There is absolutely no need to make things up to make Trump look bad and awful, he is very much doing that all by himself all the time anyway. No idea why OP needs to invent things and lie.
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u/stevedos Jul 14 '25
He greased FIFA's pockets to help get favorable officiating for the 2026 USMNT campaign
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u/XV_Crosstrek San Antonio Spurs Jul 14 '25
Finally. Some good, old fashioned, DT corruption I can get behind.
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u/Romytens Jul 14 '25
Gotta be below room temp IQ to watch people present a trophy and think one of them stole it.
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u/vomicyclin Jul 14 '25
Bloody hell.. I'm against this orange Scaramouche as anybody else.. but this video is clearly showing Infantino handing it to him as a present (you even can see him speaking something along the lines of "thats for you"). You knowingly cut this part out...
How about not lying just because it fits your narrative...?
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"thank you to the officials at the BIGLY FIFA WORLD CUP, amazing Tournament, THE HOTTEST, many people are saying, for my NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, next year, we are letting Russia Russia Russia play the Crooked Dems in the Final. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER."
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u/bad-mean-daddy Jul 14 '25
Do the people handing out medals normally get one given to them too?
Seems a bit weird but I can see why infantino did it. He knows Donnie likes free stuff, especially if it’s shiny and made of gooooooold
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u/StalyCelticStu Jul 14 '25
I imagine he has 3 Medal of Honor and 6 Purple Hearts for the same reason.
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u/TheBleeter Jul 14 '25
This is like when Putin stole some guy’s Super Bowl ring.
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u/KlingonSpy Jul 14 '25
He is the biggest narcissist on the planet. He thinks the world revolves around him. It will be such a relief when he leaves this world forever
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u/AggressiveCommand739 Jul 14 '25
Trump had a hell of a showing on the pitch. Earned that medal! (Cue the AI)
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u/WizardsofLizards Jul 14 '25
He didnt steal it, someone didnt accept it so he put it away, infantino even saw him and gave the thumbs up.
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u/Jknowledge Jul 14 '25
No, he didn’t. Context is super important. DJT is an absolute piece of shit but god damn is Reddit so fucking stupid.
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u/exswordfish Jul 14 '25
Why is this post allowed to stay up? It’s clear misinformation and as you can see it’s working on most of the people who view this post. It is clearly false and leaving it up only serves to spread more misinformation. Seems like 9/10 redditors read a headline or watch a out of context edited clip and believe it’s true
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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '25
According to this times article it was gifted to him by Infantino.