Trump is avoiding the World Cup because it’s packed with good things he doesn’t like | Barney Ronay

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:31:43 GMT

For all its gloss and elitist governance, football will not bend to the will of a president so eager to demonise and excludeAt 4.38pm on 28 June Donald Trump dropped a Truth. Nothing unusual in that. Trump’s Truth Social feed is relentless and ever-giving.That same afternoon he also Truthed at 3.58pm, 3.59pm, and twice at 7.42pm, all in the same instantly recognisable, weirdly cartoonish tone, as if a giant maize-based salted snack from a jaunty 1970s TV advert has been pumped full of voodoo and vitamins and propped up behind a lectern to explain geopolitics to the world, but only in the kind of words you might use while arguing with your nine-year-old sister. Continue reading...

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