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The Guardian·about 17 hours ago

Football Daily | Donald Trump gives himself starting role in the bigliest occasion of all

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Donald Trump has largely steered clear of the Geopolitics World Cup: he is yet to attend a game and appear on screen with his good pal “Jonny” Infantino.

Oh, though there was that time Trump rang Fifa to lobby for a review into Folarin Balogun’s red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the reversal of the USA USA USA forward’s last-16 suspension crushing the integrity of the competition.

An impactful cameo off the bench, you could argue.

Re: naming the 2030 World Cup (Football Daily letters passim).

May I suggest ‘The Carbon Footprint WC’ or simply ‘El Carbonaro’” – Krishna Moorthy.

Brian Saffer’s suggestions for letting everyone join in the next World Cup and splitting into three divisions surely must lead to it being called the Swiss Model World Cup – SMWC” – George Paterson.

You could always stop trying to be too clever by half and just refer to it as ‘the World Cup’” – Alan Burgess.

Oh, you thought the STOP FOOTBALL campaign might last two days but, no, Major League Soccerball is back, baby!

Four matches were played last night as the league announced, via its back-to-action campaign: ‘Thanks, World; We’ll Take It From Here’” – JJ Zucal.

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