From the annals of You Can’t Make This Shit Up:
President Trump has revealed that the champions of the Club World Cup won’t be getting the original trophy, because he’s keeping it.
English club Chelsea easily dispatched France’s Paris Saint-Germain in the final of the tournament in New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium on Sunday, with Trump joining the players for the trophy lift—much to their confusion.
It has since been revealed that the intricate prize hoisted aloft by the London club’s captain, Reece James, was a replica because the president of football’s governing body, FIFA, has let Trump use the original as an ornament in the Oval Office. The trophy, crafted in collaboration with Tiffany & Co, features a central disc with three rotating outer rings. It has a 24-carat gold-plated finish and is thought to have cost around $230,000 to make. If FIFA lets Trump keep the orbital award for good, it is likely to end up in the National Archives.
Lol, let’s be clear: that trophy is not going to the National Archives—Trump is absolutely going to take that trophy with him when/if he leaves.
I don’t really have much more to say about this, except I guess with FIFA President Gianni Infantino, game recognizes game in the grift world. Birds of a feather, those two.
Oh, and Trump moaned something about an executive order to mandate Americans calling the sport football. Sure thing, boss. (ed. note: it is V&V style to use them interchangeably and confusingly depending on how we feel at any given moment)
Congrats, Chelsea (owned by an American, no less) on your replica trophies.
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