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Rachel McCormack's avatar

I think it’s very much not true to say that ‘Infantino is an ardent supporter of Trump’ it’s far more accurate to say that Infantino is an ardent fan of FIFA’s wellbeing, its coffers and Infantino’s own pockets.

He came of age work wise under Berlusconi, he knows how men like Trump work. Trump wanted a big bauble and a big certificate, Infantino got him one. Both the Haitian and Iranian teams get to play in the US. We shall see what happens with ICE during the tournament.

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Robert Jaffee's avatar

“In any case, Trump was clearly bruised and piqued by his non-win, and FIFA has now offered him a balm. This organization—which governs soccer worldwide—created the FIFA Peace Prize and awarded it to Trump.”

I hear this FIFA peace prize is almost as prestigious as the NFL’s annual Einstein Award! Just Saying🤪

This is reminiscent when the United Nations put Iran on the Human Rights Commission, or Trump giving the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh. It’s all nonsensical, and would be funny, if it weren’t so tragic! IMHO…:)

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Charlatan's avatar

China's Confucius Peace Prize recipient list looks like a macabre joke!!! What kind of morality would justify awarding peace prizes to such takers of peace and freedom! Indeed, we reward those who look most like us and those who make us look better than we are.

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Caperu_Wesperizzon's avatar

> Many press reports say that Trump was “snubbed” by the relevant Nobel committee. Is that the right word? Is every non-winner “snubbed”? I, personally, have long wanted the Ladies in White (Cuba) to win the prize, or the White Helmets (Syria). Have my favorites been “snubbed”?

Trump is a very special non-winner. It’s long been established that, if he loses, it’s rigged: <https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughTrumpSpam/comments/4ww40h/remember_if_i_lose_the_race_is_rigged/>.

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Ian Douglas Rushlau's avatar

"The administration and its allies are very eager to promote Trump as a peace president."

No, that's not what this is about.

There are a few factors, various desirable elements, for the fascist cabal in garnering a Nobel.

For Trump himself, it's nothing more that grabbing a token of prestige that was granted to his nemesis, President Obama, but not to him. As a rule, whatever the most simplistic rationale one might expect of an especially dull and petulant six year old child is what drives every response of that slovenly, shambling mass of Id.

For the regime, it is about normalizing and legitimizing bigotry and brutality, which are fundamental attributes of the fascist worldview. If awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the recipient stands in the company of Martin Luther King, Jr (whose celebration as a national hero in the US the GOP has assiduously opposed at every turn to this day), Andrei Sakharov and Mother Theresa. Essentially, if handed the Nobel, American fascists can bellow "See, we're not evil (even as they repeatedly use the military to commit murder of impoverished fishermen), it's only the dark-skinned and LGBTQ and feminists who are evil and deserve to be eliminated from our society!"

It also would allow a claim of equivalency between the fascist figurehead and the various Democratic recipients, the aforementioned President Obama, as well as President Carter and Vice-President Gore basically, "Our guy is just as smart and revered as all your guys put together!" (This sort of emotionally stunted spite and resentment are also primary features of the fascist personality, which makes it that much more disturbing when fascists are installed in positions of authority, and seize democratic political institutions, because they use authority and institutions as instruments for sadistic gratification. Do not lose sight of this when assessing their schemes and efforts.)

Ultimately, no matter how grotesque and farcical, the pursuit of the Nobel is about constructing a talking point, and as such is simply a distraction. (And truth be told, Teddy Roosevelt and Henry Kissinger received Nobels, two individuals who perpetrated crimes against humanity, so count me underwhelmed by the moral gravitas of the prize.)

We should be focused on all the ways the fascist regime is dismantling the rule of law, and eviscerating civil and human rights. All else is noise.

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Drake Ogilvie's avatar

This absurd level of foolishness, like much of what goes on in Washington nowadays, belongs in a knee-slapping British farce. It certainly doesn't belong in the White House, Congress, or anywhere else in our federal government.

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Ruthanne Neely's avatar

The whole FIFA peace prize is a giant ruse. And how is it that a convicted felon can win any peace prize? Wouldn’t being a convicted felon be an automatic disqualifier, even for a phony peace prize like the FIFA one, let alone the thoroughly researched Nobel peace prize?

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Richard Finch's avatar

Eh, MLK Jr. spent some time in jail. Sakharov was exiled, Lech Wałęsa was repeatedly arrested. Some Nobel Prize winners are troublemakers.

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Christine B.'s avatar

This is the administration that Orwell dreamed of - the man who is in the process of waging "war" on motorboats in the Caribbean (i.e., bombing them out of the water) is, allegedly, to be remembered as the President of Peace.

It would be hilarious if it weren't so disgusting.

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Aaron Barnhart's avatar

To snub is to rebuke. The way Trump frames everything, of course he took this as a rebuke. I can assure you the White Helmets just kept on doing their jobs unmindful of what Oslo thought.

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Paul Gibbons's avatar

Disgusting.

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Ojai Ohana's avatar

@Jay Nordlinger

dishonoring The Kennedy Center Honors

https://ojaiohana.substack.com/p/video-dishonoring-the-kennedy-center?r=5chxge

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Seth Finkelstein's avatar

But as Tom Lehrer famously said: "Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize"

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Wane D's avatar

Infantino is well named..a child!

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Protect the Vote's avatar

Time For D’s To Go Mad Max On GOP/Nazis

The House Rules committee just voted to NOT condemn fascism In a New Republic piece, “A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends,” wrote Vice President Henry A. Wallace for The New York Times in 1944

Pretty well sums it up for the Nazi/GOP Perry Bacon in his podcast(https://bit.ly/4nZ1Izx) talks about it’s time for D’s to take their gloves off and begin an anti-corruption campaign to salvage the country from the Nazi/GOP who has shown that it’s ok for immoral conduct, disgusting political retribution, reprehensible immigrant policy, political monetary opportunism, attempted government oligarchic takeover, rigging elections and persistent gerrymandering, attempting to buy elected offices, abuse of executive power, abuse of SCOTUS power The American public has seen and had enough

36 House Nazis are not seeking re-election in 2026 They’re seeing the writing on the wall The jig is up….the MAGA façade has been ripped away and there is no turning back But a unanimous House vote for the Epstein file release cannot wipe away decades of power grabbing politics with nothing in return to the American people Vote the Nazis out until they have a moral compass if that's at all possible because I think this Nazi group is beyond hope

And do it with tenacity and a "no holds barred" approach No reaching across the aisle SCOTUS enlargement to 13 Meaningful election reform to eliminate gerrymandering and other red state anti voting legislation Repeal of past tax legislation and 50% tax on billionaires in order to pay down national deficit Restitution of a Constitutional mandated bimetallic standard(gold/silver standard) Voiding all Cheeto executive orders Restitution of Biden legislation Impeachment of Cheeto and his cabinet including Just Dance Vance Begin grifter tax on misinformation sources Change the pardon power

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