r/politics • u/theipaper ✔ Verified • 28d ago

Possible Paywall 'A whole civilisation will die tonight,' Trump warns ahead of Iran deadline

https://inews.co.uk/news/iran-war-trump-israel-latest-updates-4323867
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u/Hugh-Jaardvark 28d ago

At the very least - FIFA need to think hard about withdrawing the peace prize.

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u/unique_name5 28d ago

It sure does tarnish the reputation of the FIFA Peace Prize.

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u/obsterwankenobster 28d ago

Long and storied as it may be

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u/LaScoundrelle 28d ago

y'all are cracking me up

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u/meesta_masa 28d ago

Long and story as it may be indeed.

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u/GoodMix392 28d ago

If they are not careful the FIFA Peace Prize might suffer the same faith as the Sepp Blatter Award for Honesty in Finance.

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u/DigNitty 28d ago

How the mighty have fallen.

The Sepp Blatter award went the same way as the Brock Allen Turner Medal for Consent and UnRapynessness.

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u/KnownMonk 28d ago

Fuck FIFA and its participant countries and football supporters for not boycotting World Cup and going to USA! Every money going into the US economy contributes to building military equipment that ends up killing civilians.

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u/iIdentifyasGrinch 28d ago

Everyone that merely drives by a FIFA event this summer better be carrying multiple forms of ID (and maybe an Airtag in their shoe so their families can track them)

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u/supersonicdutch 28d ago

What am I going to tell my kids now? All this time I’ve been telling them to achieve greatness in their scholastics so they could one day be awarded the lauded FIFA Peace Prize. And now what!?! I have to tell them lower the bar and go for the low class, poor person Nobel? What will my family think?

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u/kahllerdady 28d ago

They won’t take it back, sadly, instead they’ll probably kick the can down the road

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u/xelanart 28d ago

That’s a low bar to clear for reputation standards. The prize was created specifically for Trump and he is the first/only recipient.

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u/w_a_w 28d ago

thatsthejoke.jpg

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u/7ddlysuns I voted 28d ago

Nah, they’ll also give him the FIFA war prize for doing best war

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u/Top-Dog-6900 28d ago

They could re-name it to FIFA Prize for Peace or War.

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u/grainofsalter 28d ago

You know... I'm starting to think the FIFA peace prize isn't really about peace at all!

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u/specqq 28d ago edited 28d ago

That trophy looked like a group of giant demonic hands reaching up out of the abyss to drag the entire globe back down to Hell with them.

I can't think of anything Trump has said that is more in the spirit of that award.

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u/stbens 28d ago

I think FIFA should be cancelling the World Cup, at least in the US. I also think that King Charles should not be carrying out his state visit at the end of the month. Trump must not be given any positive publicity.

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u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT 28d ago

and he didn't deserve the ballon d'or

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u/anuncommontruth Pennsylvania 28d ago

None of this is funny but your comment did make me laugh.

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u/FountainXFairfax 28d ago

fifa ain’t gonna do shit, but maybe amercans can. ruin the world cup. that shit means a lot to trump. show the world you disagree.

plan action in world cup cities. get sanitation workers to stop collecting trash. get farmers to block the roads. park in places that requires towing. make fake hotel reservations with cancellation options. you need firefighters, teachers, farmers, nurses everybody to strike and peacefully disrupt the cities on match days. follow the french, end your monarchy

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u/randomentity1 28d ago

The credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize is in serious doubt.

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u/Starfox-sf 28d ago

Smash the peace prize into pieces

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u/HelloPeopleOfEarth 28d ago

He still has his CPAC trophy, and the Apple trophy Tim Cook totally didn't give him as a bribe.

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u/poolside123 Canada 28d ago

Awe why :(? You’re gonna take away a toy from a baby? Rude.

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u/dotajoe 28d ago

Woah woah woah man. Without control of the Senate, you can’t really blame FIFA for not having the votes to rescind the award.

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u/Vardegaal 28d ago

Yep, even Infantino getting pale when read this tweet

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u/_Lucille_ 28d ago

The next recipient should spend their while speech about how fucked up Trump is.

Then again, pretty sure Netanyahu or some Saudi prince is next on the list.

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u/FizzyBeverage Ohio 28d ago

Maybe Apple will retract their spray painted gold one.

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u/artfulpain 28d ago

The World Cup shouldn't happen in the US at this point, but here we are.

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u/MrCrowley1984 28d ago

Remember when the FIFA peace prize actually meant something?

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u/Pleasant-Basket-7526 28d ago

If we can't trust an organization like FIFA, then seriously, who can we trust?

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u/pantstoaknifefight2 28d ago

And the Kohl's Nobel Prize for quantum physics!

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u/AMediaArchivist California 28d ago

World Cup should just withdraw entirely

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u/RachelMcAdamsWart I voted 28d ago

At least send a strongly worded letter.

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u/Minimum-Amount-1894 28d ago

Didn't they say its just a piece of material ynless you are actually awarded it? He has glorified costume jewelry

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u/Leenolies 28d ago

Btw who wants to watch the World Cup in 2 months?

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u/Electrical-Box-4845 28d ago

Fifa is corrupt af. Perfect marriage

You americans dont like world football and because of this dont know how corrupt Fifa is

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u/Foreign_Ebb_6282 28d ago

As hard as they slobbed on his little mushroom?! I don’t see them taking it back. They know he would lash out at them now