Snapshot · The Bulwark Podcast
Trump took credit for personally calling FIFA to get an American player's red card rescinded — only the second such reversal in FIFA history — and would not allow credit to go elsewhere.
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At 44:40 · chapter starts 43:20
The episode's lighter segment opens with Miller's observation that Trump cannot leave any part of the human experience untouched — not even soccer. An American World Cup player received what Miller characterizes as a ticky-tack red card that would have kept him out of the match against Belgium. FIFA reversed it — only the second such reversal in the tournament's history — and Trump publicly claimed credit for personally calling Gianni Infantino to make it happen. [1] — Tim Miller "An American player's red card was reversed by FIFA — only the second such reversal in the tournament's history — and Trump claimed full cre…" 44:40 Kristol and Miller both agree the reversal may well have been correct on the merits, and that Infantino is such a Trump toady that he'd have done it anyway. The problem is Trump's compulsive need to announce his own role. Miller offers the correct alternative: a president who wasn't a megalomaniac would deny making the call even if he had, letting the reversal stand on its own. Instead, Trump turns a potentially clean moment of fair play into another episode of personal brand management — the same pattern as showing up to Game 4 of the Knicks Finals.
An American player's red card was reversed by FIFA — only the second such reversal in the tournament's history — and Trump claimed full credit for personally calling FIFA's Gianni Infantino. Miller and Kristol agree the reversal may have been right on the merits, but Trump's inability to let anyone else take credit is the tell of a true megalomaniac.
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