Wire fraud allegations, FIFA chaos, and Trump's visible decline

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Imagine that we have new allegations of wire fraud and other potential crimes surrounding Donald Trump's America 250 fundraising. We will talk about it and an unbelievable international scandal involving the World Cup, FIFA, Trump soccer fans around the globe are furious and American fans should be furious as well. I will explain it. We'll look at the Fourth of July celebration that turned into a completely embarrassing flop attendance numbers nowhere near what was promised. And we're also going to look at the president's increasingly bizarre public behavior posting that Italy's prime minister needs a restraining order because she's supposedly obsessed with him. Concerns about his own visible decline that got very tough to ignore over the weekend. Plus, even more questions about Mitch McConnell's condition after weeks of secrecy. It is the sort of program today that we shouldn't record and immediately delete. This is one where I would go. Listen, we're recording it. Let's publish it. It's good enough, I think. So I'm glad you're with me today.
I cannot believe this story I am about to tell you as a critic of American authoritarianism and as a fan of soccer, football and the World Cup. Now, as many of you know, one of Donald Trump's worst qualities is that he's a scammer grifter con man, just like not a particularly good trait to have if you are a person. And I talk about that on the program. We talk about it with regard to Saudi sovereign wealth funds and pool renovations at the reflecting pool. And it comes up in a lot of different contexts. And it is also the case that I love soccer, football, I think, if you want to take the cringe out of it. And we are in the middle of the World Cup right now. And we have just learned that Donald Trump is involved in cheating for the World Cup to try to help the US men's national team. And it is absolutely disgusting. And what is taking place here is unconscionable. And it shouldn't be a surprise that Donald Trump is involved in cheating at sports since he report reportedly cheats at golf all the time. Now, let me explain what happened. Then maybe you'll have a different opinion than me, but maybe we'll agree during the last US game, which was US against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The top goal scorer for the United States team was given a red card. The player is Flo Balogun. And by the way, Balogun is a US citizen because of the very birthright citizenship and fourth 14th Amendment that Trump is trying to overturn. That's actually a different story, but I just mentioned that detail here.
And during the game, Flo Balogun got a red card after his foot came down on the ankle of an opponent. Now, in football, this is a big deal. Players wear cleats. There is very special attention paid to whether in the middle of a game, a player is stepping on another player's foot or ankle. And the way that soccer rules are, when you get a red card, you immediately have to leave the field and you are not replaced. And in the rest of that game, your team is left to play with ten players rather than eleven. It's a big disadvantage. And then in the way it works in the World Cup is if you get a red card, that specific player can't play in the next game. In the next game, your team can have eleven. But the particular player that got the red card is not allowed to play.
So after this incident, which is, of course, creates a disadvantage for the United States, without a doubt.