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2026-07-31 18:58 UTC

I think (and hope) Gianni Infantino is going to get booted from FIFA. Quick recap: The guy who just led the FIFA's men's World Cup to record attendance, revenue & Trump ass-licking, recently sprang a proposal to sell off the men's & women's World Cup to the Trump-Kushner crime family. FIFA is a non-profit with 211 member nations (more than the UN, as some FIFA nations, e.g. New Caledonia, are not nation-nations). It's a trust of sorts that distributes funds earned from the tournaments to its members for developing soccer/futbol programs around the world. #sports #soccer #FIFA #Trump 1/

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@brianvastag@mas.to 2026-07-31 19:02

With no warning, Infantino sprang a plan to start a new private company to control the men's & women's World Cups & he said Thrive Capital, led by Jared Kushner's brother, would be the lead investor. Now it looks like he consulted with *no one* inside FIFA before doing this. The European confederation of 55 nations pushed back hard yesterday and said Europe will boycott all FIFA competitions until this proposal is shelved forever. Removing Europe from the men's & women's World Cups would make the events laughable, as many soccer powers are European. The North/Central American confederation also pushed back, but not as hard. And today we learn Infantino's top advisor, Carlos Cordeiro, resigned. Cordeiro is from the US, a former Goldman Sachs banker who represented the football body on the White House Task Force for the World Cup, who attended Trump-Infantino meetings. So his resignation is huge. 2/

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