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

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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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[-] Hackworth@piefed.ca 23 points 8 hours ago

Will one of Starmer's last acts as PM be to try and get Quansah's red card overturned?

[-] TheVoiceOfRaison 13 points 7 hours ago

No, because he has some honor.

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

Never did. He only has ambition. Where was you when he was taking all these gifts?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 hours ago

Nah, just the Neoliberal version of "honor", which is timidness and excessive politeness, if not less obvious collaboration.

[-] Senal@programming.dev 3 points 6 hours ago

does he ? when did this happen ?

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