#infantile — Public Fediverse posts

7 of n

"The president of the United States pressuring the president of FIFA to change the rules for his favored player perfectly represents the way Trump thinks about the rule of law in the United States.

And the rejection of a level playing field shows in the way Trump and the Republicans have skewed the U.S economy so only their team can win"

And, in the end, long story short, the #USMNT lost to #Belgium

US played Balogun but he didn't score

I don't know the backstory there, but live commentators repeatedly said that US was off their game

In a nutshell, once again, Everything Trump Touches Dies

/fin

Heather Cox Richardson, here: https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=20533&post_id=205726823

#ETTD

#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile

7 of n

"The president of the United States pressuring the president of FIFA to change the rules for his favored player perfectly represents the way Trump thinks about the rule of law in the United States.

And the rejection of a level playing field shows in the way Trump and the Republicans have skewed the U.S economy so only their team can win"

And, in the end, long story short, the #USMNT lost to #Belgium

US played Balogun but he didn't score

I don't know the backstory there, but live commentators repeatedly said that US was off their game

In a nutshell, once again, Everything Trump Touches Dies

/fin

Heather Cox Richardson, here: https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=20533&post_id=205726823

#ETTD

#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile

6 of n

"That’s very unfair. That’s, you know, it’s one thing to penalize somebody for the game. But how do you penalize them for a game that hasn’t been played yet? is very unfair. You can’t do that. So, yes, I asked for a review by FIFA.

“I spoke to a man who’s highly respected, and, by the way, whose level of respect has gone up tenfold, and he was good before this started.

But, you know, he really pushed it in this country.”

And then, Trump was back to his usual grievances.

“I’m the one that got them to do it. It was not Biden. Biden was asleep. I got him to do it. In fact, it was very sad because I got him to do it.

And if the progression was normal, I would have been retired. Now, the Democrats are saying, Man, we should have just let him have his way, he would have.

We would have had him gone, but I said, you know, the saddest thing is, I got the Olympics, and I got the World Cup.”

6 of n

#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile

6 of n

"That’s very unfair. That’s, you know, it’s one thing to penalize somebody for the game. But how do you penalize them for a game that hasn’t been played yet? is very unfair. You can’t do that. So, yes, I asked for a review by FIFA.

“I spoke to a man who’s highly respected, and, by the way, whose level of respect has gone up tenfold, and he was good before this started.

But, you know, he really pushed it in this country.”

And then, Trump was back to his usual grievances.

“I’m the one that got them to do it. It was not Biden. Biden was asleep. I got him to do it. In fact, it was very sad because I got him to do it.

And if the progression was normal, I would have been retired. Now, the Democrats are saying, Man, we should have just let him have his way, he would have.

We would have had him gone, but I said, you know, the saddest thing is, I got the Olympics, and I got the World Cup.”

6 of n

#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile

4 of n

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has called the decision “incomprehensible and unjustifiable.” “When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined,” it said.

“Football is the most loved sport in the world because it is a beautiful game and is trusted because it is played everywhere with the same laws.”

But a world in which playing fields are level is not the world Trump wants.

He wants one in which people in power can ignore the rule of law for their own ends."

But a world in which playing fields are level is not the world Trump wants. He wants one in which people in power can ignore the rule of law for their own ends."

#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

4 of n

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has called the decision “incomprehensible and unjustifiable.” “When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined,” it said.

“Football is the most loved sport in the world because it is a beautiful game and is trusted because it is played everywhere with the same laws.”

But a world in which playing fields are level is not the world Trump wants.

He wants one in which people in power can ignore the rule of law for their own ends."

But a world in which playing fields are level is not the world Trump wants. He wants one in which people in power can ignore the rule of law for their own ends."

#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

3 of n

On Sunday, FIFA cleared Balogun to play on Monday. The last, and only, time a red card went unpunished before was in 1962.

The suspension of the suspension has created an international outcry although, as the Associated Press pointed out, this is only the latest step in a pattern in which Infantino appears to have been interfering with the independence of FIFA’s judicial and disciplinary bodies.

The Belgian soccer federation is challenging the ruling. “Regardless of the sporting outcome of the match,” it said, it was “deeply concerned by the way these events have unfolded and will continue, in the hours, days and months ahead, to pursue every available avenue to uphold the fundamental principles of ethics, sporting fairness and the interests of football as a whole.”

3 of n

#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

3 of n

On Sunday, FIFA cleared Balogun to play on Monday. The last, and only, time a red card went unpunished before was in 1962.

The suspension of the suspension has created an international outcry although, as the Associated Press pointed out, this is only the latest step in a pattern in which Infantino appears to have been interfering with the independence of FIFA’s judicial and disciplinary bodies.

The Belgian soccer federation is challenging the ruling. “Regardless of the sporting outcome of the match,” it said, it was “deeply concerned by the way these events have unfolded and will continue, in the hours, days and months ahead, to pursue every available avenue to uphold the fundamental principles of ethics, sporting fairness and the interests of football as a whole.”

3 of n

#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American is one of the most important political analysts I read

2 of n

"Almost immediately, Sophia Cai of Politico reported that White House FIFA World Cup Task Force executive director Andrew Giuliani, the son of Trump ally Rudy Giuliani, told President Donald J. Trump about the suspension.

As officials from the U.S. Soccer Federation prepared and submitted an appeal to FIFA, Giuliani and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick offered White House lawyers and dug into the professional history of the referee who had made the red card call.

Then, on Thursday, Trump called FIFA president Gianni Infantino, with whom he has been friendly for eight years.

On Sunday, FIFA cleared Balogun to play on Monday. The last, and only, time a red card went unpunished before was in 1962."

2 of n

#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American is one of the most important political analysts I read

2 of n

"Almost immediately, Sophia Cai of Politico reported that White House FIFA World Cup Task Force executive director Andrew Giuliani, the son of Trump ally Rudy Giuliani, told President Donald J. Trump about the suspension.

As officials from the U.S. Soccer Federation prepared and submitted an appeal to FIFA, Giuliani and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick offered White House lawyers and dug into the professional history of the referee who had made the red card call.

Then, on Thursday, Trump called FIFA president Gianni Infantino, with whom he has been friendly for eight years.

On Sunday, FIFA cleared Balogun to play on Monday. The last, and only, time a red card went unpunished before was in 1962."

2 of n

#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American is one of the most important political analysts I read

I get her posts a day late; here's what she had to say about the whole #Trump #FolarinBalogun #RedCard #GianniInfantino #FIFA #WorldCup dustup

"Last week, U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team forward Folarin Balogun, the team’s top scorer, received a red card in a World Cup match against Bosnia-Herzegovina, suspending him for today’s game against Belgium ... on Sunday, the Disciplinary Committee of the international soccer governing body FIFA made a surprise announcement, saying that Balogun would be allowed a year-long probation, enabling him to play on Monday."

1 of n

Here: https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=20533&post_id=205726823

#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American is one of the most important political analysts I read

I get her posts a day late; here's what she had to say about the whole #Trump #FolarinBalogun #RedCard #GianniInfantino #FIFA #WorldCup dustup

"Last week, U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team forward Folarin Balogun, the team’s top scorer, received a red card in a World Cup match against Bosnia-Herzegovina, suspending him for today’s game against Belgium ... on Sunday, the Disciplinary Committee of the international soccer governing body FIFA made a surprise announcement, saying that Balogun would be allowed a year-long probation, enabling him to play on Monday."

1 of n

Here: https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=20533&post_id=205726823

#DonaldTrump #Trump #US #USMNT #BEL #WorldCup #FIFA #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

@Nonilex

"
The committee already had postponed plans to markup spending bills during the week of June 22 due in part to McConnell’s absence, acc/to a Republican aide who spoke on the condition of anonymity."

Just anecdotally I've read that #MitchMcConnel's wife is in #China and something about her circumstances there prevent her from communicating any sort of power-of-attorney documents to formalize anything about #McConnell's condition

So McConnell is effectively incommunicado unless / until the #RepublicanParty elects to make some sort of formal statement about his condition -- dead or alive...

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

@Nonilex

"
The committee already had postponed plans to markup spending bills during the week of June 22 due in part to McConnell’s absence, acc/to a Republican aide who spoke on the condition of anonymity."

Just anecdotally I've read that #MitchMcConnel's wife is in #China and something about her circumstances there prevent her from communicating any sort of power-of-attorney documents to formalize anything about #McConnell's condition

So McConnell is effectively incommunicado unless / until the #RepublicanParty elects to make some sort of formal statement about his condition -- dead or alive...

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

@AkaSci

"Fireworks will start after trump's speech which starts at 9:45."

So

Fireworks start about 11:00 pm -- midnight, maybe

That'll really pump up the crowd size

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

@AkaSci

"Fireworks will start after trump's speech which starts at 9:45."

So

Fireworks start about 11:00 pm -- midnight, maybe

That'll really pump up the crowd size

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

@briankrebs

"...the Interior Department cited those concerns when ordering a halt to the construction of five other wind farms off the East Coast, saying their spinning turbines could interfere with military radar."

"National" "Security"

Again

Once again Trump makes up a hallucination out of whole cloth and the Interior Department gets away with it

Who knew those big ol' whirly fan blades could hit electromagnetic waves in the radio / microwave domain and knock them into outer space?

Good Lord...

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

@briankrebs

"...the Interior Department cited those concerns when ordering a halt to the construction of five other wind farms off the East Coast, saying their spinning turbines could interfere with military radar."

"National" "Security"

Again

Once again Trump makes up a hallucination out of whole cloth and the Interior Department gets away with it

Who knew those big ol' whirly fan blades could hit electromagnetic waves in the radio / microwave domain and knock them into outer space?

Good Lord...

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

@kuow_bot

"that allow some form of late-arriving mail-in ballots."

The entire problem is a Republican / MAGA hallucination that somehow *every* aspect of an election must be planned, take place, and be completed in one single 24-hour period designated as "Election Day" -- including mailing and counting of every last ballot

Everything *must* come to a halt, regardless of any reality, when the 24 hours are up

It's simply ludicrous on its face, and it's been invented out of whole cloth within the last decade or two as a voter-control method invented by Republicans

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

@kuow_bot

"that allow some form of late-arriving mail-in ballots."

The entire problem is a Republican / MAGA hallucination that somehow *every* aspect of an election must be planned, take place, and be completed in one single 24-hour period designated as "Election Day" -- including mailing and counting of every last ballot

Everything *must* come to a halt, regardless of any reality, when the 24 hours are up

It's simply ludicrous on its face, and it's been invented out of whole cloth within the last decade or two as a voter-control method invented by Republicans

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

OK: day, 'y', v2.0

This is also a good read:

"Talking Point Memo"

(I've been reading it for -- what? more than twenty years?)

"Trump Is Spiraling Out of Control and GOP Senators Are Still Coddling His Feelings

INSIDE: SAVE America Act ... Trump's Election EOs ... Republican Election Fraud "

"Republican Senators Try to Patch Things Up With the President"

"The Reflecting Pool Debacle Gets More Ridiculous and Embarrassing"

"Trump Is Trying to Blame Global Oil Shocks on “Liberal” U.K."

"Trump Declares “Golden Age” At Great American State Fair Launch"

"Courts Deal Trump Losses in His Effort to Control Elections"

"[Republican] Election Fraud!"

"Judge Blocks Trump DOJ Attempt to Subpoena Trans Patients’ Medical Records"

"A Catholic at Pete Hegseth’s Prayer Meeting"

"Frozen Embryos Are People, Too, Says HHS"

Here: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trump-is-spiraling-out-of-control-and-gop-senators-are-still-coddling-his-feelings

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

OK: day, 'y', v2.0

This is also a good read:

"Talking Point Memo"

(I've been reading it for -- what? more than twenty years?)

"Trump Is Spiraling Out of Control and GOP Senators Are Still Coddling His Feelings

INSIDE: SAVE America Act ... Trump's Election EOs ... Republican Election Fraud "

"Republican Senators Try to Patch Things Up With the President"

"The Reflecting Pool Debacle Gets More Ridiculous and Embarrassing"

"Trump Is Trying to Blame Global Oil Shocks on “Liberal” U.K."

"Trump Declares “Golden Age” At Great American State Fair Launch"

"Courts Deal Trump Losses in His Effort to Control Elections"

"[Republican] Election Fraud!"

"Judge Blocks Trump DOJ Attempt to Subpoena Trans Patients’ Medical Records"

"A Catholic at Pete Hegseth’s Prayer Meeting"

"Frozen Embryos Are People, Too, Says HHS"

Here: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trump-is-spiraling-out-of-control-and-gop-senators-are-still-coddling-his-feelings

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

OK: day, 'y', back at it eh?

Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American for 06/24/26

"Today, strategic studies scholar Phillips P. O’Brien gave a comprehensive review of the events and outcomes of Trump’s war on Iran. In his Phillips’s Newsletter, O’Brien noted that “the USA is now negotiating without much, if any, leverage

That really is extraordinary. The Trump administration has put itself in a position where it cannot go back to the use of military force, cannot put much if any real pressure on Iran, and therefore will have to concede most of the main points to the Iranians.”

Trump is clearly panicked.

At 2:38 AM he posted: “America the Beautiful will NEVER be a Communist Country!!!”

At 10:17, Trump posted: “MY REAL POLL NUMBERS ARE THE HIGHEST THEY HAVE EVER BEEN. THANK YOU!!!”

They are not...

&c &c &c

Here: https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=20533&post_id=203502971

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

OK: day, 'y', back at it eh?

Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American for 06/24/26

"Today, strategic studies scholar Phillips P. O’Brien gave a comprehensive review of the events and outcomes of Trump’s war on Iran. In his Phillips’s Newsletter, O’Brien noted that “the USA is now negotiating without much, if any, leverage

That really is extraordinary. The Trump administration has put itself in a position where it cannot go back to the use of military force, cannot put much if any real pressure on Iran, and therefore will have to concede most of the main points to the Iranians.”

Trump is clearly panicked.

At 2:38 AM he posted: “America the Beautiful will NEVER be a Communist Country!!!”

At 10:17, Trump posted: “MY REAL POLL NUMBERS ARE THE HIGHEST THEY HAVE EVER BEEN. THANK YOU!!!”

They are not...

&c &c &c

Here: https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=20533&post_id=203502971

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

@Nonilex

#Rutte is an idiot, and is one of the worst #European politicians with the attitude that #Trump is some sort of god-tier, twelve-dimensional geopolitical chess player whose thinking and strategies are simply too subtle for mere humans to comprehend

The entire lot needs to put down their cocktails and take a deep, cleansing breath and join reality

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors #Iran #IranWar #HormuzStrait

@Nonilex

#Rutte is an idiot, and is one of the worst #European politicians with the attitude that #Trump is some sort of god-tier, twelve-dimensional geopolitical chess player whose thinking and strategies are simply too subtle for mere humans to comprehend

The entire lot needs to put down their cocktails and take a deep, cleansing breath and join reality

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors #Iran #IranWar #HormuzStrait

@Nonilex

"as it attempts to crack down on government #leaks to the #press & #content that admin officials think is unfair to Trump."

Necessary edit:

"as it attempts to crack down on content that admin officials think is unfair to Trump."

"content that admin officials think is unfair to Trump."

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors

@Nonilex

"as it attempts to crack down on government #leaks to the #press & #content that admin officials think is unfair to Trump."

Necessary edit:

"as it attempts to crack down on content that admin officials think is unfair to Trump."

"content that admin officials think is unfair to Trump."

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Infantile #JDVance #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP #Traitors