"Campaigners showed up for many reasons-from the security apparatus the World Cup will bring to North American cities to the ways ICE may be planning to use the cup as a hunting ground for undocumented immigrants-but a uniting disgust was that the FIFA boss, a sleazy supplicant to the world's oligarchs named Gianni Infantino, was going to do something he loves even more than watching soccer: smooch Donald Trump's ass."
"Infantino is groveling in support of Trump's favorite narrative: that Trump is the "president of peace." Sure, Trump ordered the Defense Department to change its name to the "Department of War," and yes, PolitiFact labeled his claim that "in a period of just seven months, I have ended seven unendable wars" as "mostly false." And while his addled mind is prone to blurting self-aggrandizing falsities-sometimes he claims to have ended six wars, sometimes it's eight,"
People gathered outside the Kennedy Center to protest the 2026 World Cup draw and FIFA's actions. Campaigners criticized the tournament's security apparatus and warned that ICE could use the event to target undocumented immigrants. Protesters denounced FIFA president Gianni Infantino for planning to award a FIFA Peace Prize to President Donald Trump. Demonstrators described Infantino as groveling to global oligarchs and flattering Trump by using prestige venues at low cost. Critics contested Trump's portrayal as a "president of peace," noting Pentagon renaming actions and PolitiFact's ruling that his claim of ending wars was mostly false. The administration's actions were cited as evidence of increased state violence.
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