Sleep will be difficult the night before the announcement of the winner of the first FIFA World Peace Prize
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Who will win? Vladimir Putin? Benjamin Netanyahu? Adolph Hitler? (He’s dead, but like Oliver St. Jean-Mollusc, he’s not necessarily out of the competition).
Robbie Williams, Andrea Bocelli and the Village People are to perform as part of a “world-class entertainment line-up” during Friday’s draw for the 2026 men’s football World Cup. The draw for next year’s tournament will take place at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, with model and TV personality Heidi Klum, comedian Kevin Hart and actor Danny Ramirez co-hosting the event.
The Village People don’t really seem to fit in with the rest of this lineup. I wonder how they got in there?
The Village People will perform YMCA to cap off an event that promises have distinctly Trumpian overtones. The disco hit became a staple at Donald Trump’s campaign rallies and Mar-a-Lago fundraisers.
Oh.
I was discussing with students in my class on the crisis of the American legal system what individuals can do to fight against the bottomless corruption and lawlessness of the Trump regime — it’s been a great class, and the students’ engagement is actually very inspiring — and I suggested that one thing everyone can do is treat anyone who cooperates voluntarily with the Trump regime as a pariah. I guess you can maybe cut non-Americans like Bocelli and Williams something of a break although I’m inclined not to, but people like Kevin Hart and Heidi Klum? (Klum is a naturalized citizen). Not to mention the Village People, whose enthusiastic group embrace of Trump’s love for their anthem has always been disgusting. All these people should be shunned, as indeed should anyone who has worked for Donald Trump voluntarily, anyone who has supported him publicly, anyone who voted for him, anyone who has ever started a sentence “I don’t support Trump but . . . ” Etc.
Adding another layer of Trump connection, Fifa also plans to unveil its new “Peace Prize – Football Unites the World” during the event. The award is widely expected to go to Trump after his calls to receive a Nobel Peace Prize this year. The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, attended Trump’s inauguration in January and has said he deserved global recognition for his role in brokering a ceasefire in the Middle East.
Trump is attending the event, on the off chance that he’s the lucky winner of this incredibly prestigious award. FIFA and Trump: Scum recognize scum.