Watching Gianni Infantino’s love fest with Trump, to the extent the two of them handed out the #CWC trophy to Chelsea today and shared a VIP box, was sickening. But then I’m reminded, as the attached article notes, that #FIFA has a history of cozying up to autocrats.
From Mussolini’s fascist Italy in the 30’s, to the Argentinian military dictatorship in the 1970’s, to Russia, then more recently the Qatari emirate; the world’s #football governing body has no problem with autocracy - if the money’s there.
With the ‘real’ World Cup upcoming in the USA, Canada and Mexico (80% of games in the US), Infantino has a lot riding on his relationship with Trump. Maybe that’s why he opened FIFA’s new US office in Trump Tower in NYC. What do you think? You know what I think… this kind of #corruption stinks. Mired in dirty politics and money.
FIFA has led us all into deeper waters through Club World Cup https://www.sounderatheart.com/2025/07/fifa-has-led-us-all-into-deeper-waters-through-club-world-cup/ #Soccer #futbol