Ben Myselish
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Podcast Appearances
US hotels had to slash their summer room rates as World Cup demand falls short.
Just think about it.
The demand for the World Cup
is now falling short because Donald Trump's threatening all of these other countries, ICE and Border Patrol, Gestapo in airports and on the streets, kidnapping people, throwing them into concentration camps, throwing them into concentration camps in El Salvador.
Trump making it about himself, not about the sports.
Trump threatening to kill the Iranian football team.
Donald Trump giving himself FIFA prizes.
It's gross.
It's become a gross event.
something that's incredible and loving and don't get me wrong fifa's already always have been there's always been corruption there but people like to watch soccer or if you're watching this about football and uh trump's made it into this like weird thing that's like i don't even know i want to watch it like you you've perverted it you've given yourself trophies and awards while you've committed genocide and gone to war against the world what are you doing the hell are you doing so you've got that and then saudi arabia saying
I don't think we're going to fun live anymore.
That golf tournament that basically overtook the PGA and became the big tournament.
They threw around all this money.
They knew that Donald Trump liked golf.
They knew that rich people in America like golf.
So for Saudi Arabia,
It's like, how do you influence Americans?
You buy golf tournaments and you invest in entertainment.
And also part of the security umbrella, the quid pro quo, America provides weapons and technologies to the Middle East.
These big sovereign wealth funds in Saudi Arabia, Qatar,