Has Trump just trashed his own World Cup?
7/6/202640 min
Jon has woken up in Mexico City with a fever dream about an epic England win and a football shirt covered in beer and tequila. Elsewhere the game doesn’t feel quite so beautiful - after it emerged that Trump's political meddling got a red card overturned for US player, Folarin Balogun.
Why did the FIFA president cave to Trump's swagger and pressure? How has it left the players feeling as they head into the next stages? And what does it tell us about Trumps tendency towards tyranny as America celebrates its 250 years of independence?
Later, why is Nigel Farage called “daddy“ by a convicted criminal who appears to be bankrolling him? The Sunday Times Insight Editor and host of 'Posh George: The Criminal Behind Farage', Gabriel Pogrund joins us in the studio.
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First 90 secondsJon Sopel· Host0:00
[upbeat music] This is a global production.
Emily Maitlis· Host0:04
Donald Trump placed a call to FIFA's president, Gianni Infantino It is so ugly, it is so reprehensible That that red card should be rescinded to allow Balogun to be part of the team tonight.
Jon Sopel· Host0:19
It was absolutely pusillanimous on the part of Infantino to go, "Oh, yes, Donald, let's look at it, and we'll try and sort this out."
Emily Maitlis· Host0:25
What do you have here? You have Trump deciding that he has to respond as emperor.
Jon Sopel· Host0:31
It's about politics. It's about crude muscle and Donald Trump just throwing his weight around.
Thomas Tuchel· Soundbite0:38
Where does this start and where does this end now? Can we overturn it or not overturn it or wh- wh- what is it- Or is that something that actually- What is going on?
Jon Sopel· Host0:48
[laughs] ... you'll seek to pursue? Because, like you say, there, there's surely a chance. Where do you draw the line?
Thomas Tuchel· Soundbite0:52
Yeah, where to draw the line? That's the question that I ask. I have no answer to that. Where, where does this end now? Do we appeal if a yellow card is not a yellow card? Do we think it's not a red card, or who thinks it? Wh- Where does this start and where does this end is, is my question. I don't have an answer.
Jon Sopel· Host1:08
Could Harry maybe ask Donald Trump to?
Thomas Tuchel· Soundbite1:10
Maybe, yeah. That's a good starting point.
Emily Maitlis· Host1:13
That's the England manager, Thomas Tuchel, talking about red cards and match bans. He's not really talking about what happened overnight, that magnificent match where England beat Mexico. He's talking about another red card, and he's