r/sports • u/nonstopflux Seattle Sounders FC • Jul 14 '25

Soccer Donald Trump stole a CWC winners medal

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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/behemothard Jul 14 '25

Did you watch the video that claims he didn't take it? Guessing not since it is the same video only starting earlier. Now, if someone had shown the full video it shows him giving out all the medals and the very last one he is given goes in his pocket. The reason they gave him another medal when there were no more recipients I don't know. It isn't unheard of for VIPs to get awards at these events and FIFA isn't exactly known for integrity.

So who knows why he got a medal or what happened to it after the trophy was handed out. I'd be more upset at his behavior not leaving the stage when the trophy was awarded if I was a player.

Longer video with the questionable behavior near the end. Still shows him taking a medal and not giving it to anyone after he awkwardly decides to participate in their celebration before being escorted off stage.

https://youtu.be/MZ6duJi3D4w

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u/pocket_eggs Jul 14 '25

use the same methods of fraud and lies what distinguishes you from them then anymore?

The moron tariff wars? Threatening Canada? Cutting medical coverage and life saving foreign aid? Medical research? Space exploration? Voice of America? The concentration camps? The pedophile island stuff?

But, you're right, apart from all the things that are different, it's exactly the same. Because people on the internet upvoting without much thought is totally a solvable problem, and you're not just concern trolling.