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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Yes, President Trump took the Club World Cup Trophy. Here's why.
In the history of this country, we've seen presidents awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Pulitzers, military medals, and countless other awards; awards bestowed on them for actions and deeds they have done, or maybe should have done (looking at you, Obama). But for the first time, we have a president who was awarded a trophy for a soccer tournament in which he was merely a spectator. Of course, if you watched the Club World Cup, which was hosted this past month in the United States, you would have seen President Trump's celebration with the victorious Chelsea squad go viral. The president was supposed to hand off the trophy to the English squad after their upset blowout win over French favorites Paris St. Germain and then move off to the side. But Trump decided to hang out with the victors. Can you blame him? Why wouldn't you want to be in the center of it all? After several moments, some players, including Chelsea's Cole Palmer, were a little befuddled as to why he was still hanging out. 'I knew he was going to be here, but I didn't know he was going to be on the stand when we lifted the trophy, so I was a bit confused,' Palmer said. The celebration continued as planned, with Chelsea hoisting their trophy and Trump smiling away in the center of it all. Well, they hoisted 'a' trophy. It turns out that Trump later said the original trophy is sitting in the Oval Office and that it was gifted to him by FIFA, soccer's governing body, and the organizers of the Club World Cup tournament. The original started making its rounds to promote the tournament, only to find itself not actually making its way to said tournament. The trophy, created by Tiffany & Co., was newly created for the expanded tournament. It is a 24-carat gold-plated homage to world soccer with the names of all member countries, a world map, 13 languages, and a collage of soccer moments engraved on it. Inspired by the Voyager Golden Record (which was created to show aliens the whole of humanity), this trophy does the same, except for soccer. Or football, depending on where you are. The trophy was shown to Trump in the Oval Office and immediately found its permanent place there. It hasn't been hidden away either. It made an appearance when the Juventas squad of Italy made a visit to the President. It was also prominently featured when Donald Trump presented his ex-BFF Elon Musk with a key to the city/government/social security records. The trophy itself didn't end up in the hands of the victors. Instead, they received a replica, and it's that replica that they took back to England. The Trump Administration claims the Club World Cup trophy was a gift from FIFA, one that Trump could keep 'forever.' It's not the first time a team received a replica. The World Cup trophy, the prize for the biggest and most well-known FIFA tournament, awards a replica while the original stays locked away (try not to confuse the World Cup Trophy with the Club World Cup Trophy). Sometimes teams don't even get to keep their trophy for very long. Arguably one of the most famous sports trophies of all, the Stanley Cup, gets to be chaperoned around the country for a summer tour, so each player can show it off, only to end up back with the safe hands of the National Hockey League. The trophy wasn't the only memento that Donald Trump snagged. Pictures also showed him pocketing a medal that FIFA President Gianni Infantino showed to him. Whether it was meant to be a gift or not will remain to be seen, but we know this: Trump really wants as many shiny, bright objects as he can get his hands on. Of course, this isn't the first time that a head of state has snagged a piece of sports history. Presidents receive their own jerseys at White House celebrations and may also receive some other mementos from a championship team. Most of these end up in a presidential library after spending years in a storage bin. But one item remains legendary. When Russian President Vladimir Putin met with New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft, Kraft showed Putin his ring from Super Bowl XXXIX. Putin quipped, 'I could kill someone with this thing,' and promptly pocketed it. That's right, the Russian president stole a Super Bowl ring and now probably wears it around the Kremlin. We will see if Trump is content with the FIFA trophy in the Oval Office, or if he might also try to snag the Vince Lombardi trophy as well. Don't Miss the Best of Mighty Sports We Are The Mighty is a celebration of military service, with a mission to entertain, inform, and inspire those who serve and those who support them. 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New York Post
14-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Miranda Devine: Shocking new poll reveals majority of deluded Dems still believe the Russia collusion hoax was real
A new Rasmussen poll to be published Monday morning shows a majority of Democrats still believe the Russia collusion hoax, even though it has been debunked repeatedly. Astonishingly, 60% of Democratic voters still think 'the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government to win the 2016 election', according to the poll of 1,014 Likely Voters conducted on July 6-7. A whopping 69 percent of liberal voters still cling to the Russia collusion hoax, compared to 27 percent of conservatives, and 45 percent of moderates. Among all voters, more believe it unlikely (49 percent) than likely (42 percent). The fact that liberals and Democrats still believe in the hoax is likely a reflection of their preferred media outlets, such as the New York Times, which refuses to hand back its ill-gotten Pulitzers, and MSNBC, which pays discredited plotters such as former CIA director John Brennan and former Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissman to act out their Trump derangement on air. Young people are almost as deluded, with 56 percent of 18-29 year olds, believing Trump-Russia collusion was likely and 35 percent who think it was unlikely, while the rest aren't sure. The numbers are about even for 40-49 year olds and flip to the rational for 50-64 year olds, just 31 percent of whom believe the hoax while 60 percent don't. On the recent CIA review that revealed that Obama administration officials, including then-CIA Director, John Brennan, 'manipulated intelligence' about Russia to 'get Trump,' Rasmussen found that 49 percent of voters agreed with the findings, while 35 percent did not. Nevertheless, 57 percent of voters said officials who were involved in the manipulation of intelligence to 'get Trump' should be criminally prosecuted, while 26 percent disagreed, and 17 percent weren't sure. Finally, 53 percent agreed that 'What the intelligence community did to Donald Trump is a bigger scandal than Watergate', while 38 percent disagreed and 9 percent were not sure. The stubborn persistence of the Russia hoax goes to prove the adage: 'A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth has got its boots on.'
Miami Herald
16-06-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Detroit News to operate independently at year's end
The Detroit News will begin operating independently at year's end following the conclusion of its 36-year partnership with the Detroit Free Press, The News announced Monday. The move will allow The News to operate more closely with its sister papers in Detroit's suburbs, including The Oakland Press, the (Royal Oak) Daily Tribune, the Macomb Daily, the (Southgate) News-Herald and others, which share the same ownership as The News. "Together, we're uniquely positioned to provide coverage of Metro Detroit like no single news organization can," said Gary Miles, editor and publisher of The News. "That's good for readers and advertisers, as well." Continuously published since August 1873, The News has been a partner in a joint operating agreement (JOA) with the Free Press that has been run by the Detroit Media Partnership since 1989, through which both Detroit-based newspapers have maintained separate and competitive newsrooms. Their business operations, including production, distribution and advertising, have been jointly run by the partnership. That partnership, most recently renewed in 2005 with a 20-year term, is set to expire following publication of the Dec. 28 print edition. "The partnership did what it was intended to do – it preserved two great and distinct media voices during a time of great upheaval in our industry," Miles said. "We're excited to return to a landscape in which we operate completely independently for readers and our many partners, producing more of the outstanding journalism they need and expect." For three consecutive years, The News has been named the state's top newspaper by the Michigan Press Association, as judged by journalists in other states. Founded in 1873 as a smaller, low-cost and independent paper in a time of highly partisan outlets, The Evening News proceeded to mark several firsts in the media industry. It was a pioneer in aerial photography, launched the nation's first commercial radio station (now WWJ-AM, in 1920), the state's first television station (now WDIV-TV, Channel 4) and won the nation's first Pulitzer Prize in photography in 1942. It was the first of its three Pulitzers, considered the top prize in journalism. The Scripps family sold the Evening News Association to the Gannett Co. in 1986. The owners of The News and Free Press almost immediately filed for federal approval of the JOA, declaring the Free Press a failing newspaper under the Newspaper Preservation Act. The partnership was approved in 1989. In 2005, Gannett sold The News to MediaNews Group and purchased the Free Press, giving the JOA a 20-year term, which expires on the last Sunday of December. MediaNews Group acquired The Oakland Press, Macomb Daily, Daily Tribune, News-Herald and Dearborn Press & Guide and Voice newspapers eight years later, but collaboration with The News was limited due to its partnership in the JOA. MediaNews Group owns more than 70 other daily newspapers and more than 100 weekly newspapers across the country. The Free Press is owned by Gannett Co. Inc., which has managed the Detroit Media Partnership as general partner since 2005. Copyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Musk denies using drugs after NYT report: ‘Lying their a‑‑ off'
Tech billionaire Elon Musk denied he is taking drugs over the weekend, claiming The New York Times was 'lying their a‑‑ off' in a report about his alleged drug use on the campaign trail last year. 'To be clear, I am NOT taking drugs! The New York Times was lying their a‑‑ off,' Musk wrote Saturday in a post on the social platform X. 'I tried *prescription* ketamine a few years ago and said so on X, so this not even news. It helps for getting out of dark mental holes, but haven't taken it since then.' Musk was responding to a report from The New York Times on Friday about concerns over his drug use on the 2024 campaign trail. The Times reported Musk told people during the campaign he was using ketamine so often that it impacted his bladder, along with using psychedelic mushrooms and taking ecstasy. The report cited photos and messages with people who knew him and claimed he would travel every day with a box containing 20 pills, some of which were marked as Adderall. The Times defended the reporting in a post on X. 'Kirsten Grind and Megan Twohey's thoroughly sourced report provides an important and fair look into Musk's drug use and family conflicts,' the Times communication team wrote. 'They interviewed a dozen people who have known or worked with him, and saw private text messages, legal documents and photographic evidence.' 'Elon Musk is just lashing out because he doesn't like our article,' it continued. The Times said Musk had multiple opportunities to reply or rebut the report before its publication. 'He declined, opting instead to try to distract with a social post and no evidence,' the team wrote. Musk slammed the outlet a day earlier, telling reporters, 'Is The New York Times — is that the same publication that got a Pulitzer Prize for false reporting on the Russiagate? Is that the same organization? I think it is.' President Trump, who sat next to Musk in the Oval Office, replied, 'It is.' 'I think the judge just ruled against New York Times for their lines about the Russiagate hoax, and they may have to give back their Pulitzer Prize. That New York Times. Let's move on,' Musk said, referring to a recent ruling permitting Trump's lawsuit against the Pulitzer Board to proceed. Trump sued the board in 2022 over Pulitzers awarded for stories about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Lawyers for the Pulitzer Board urged the judge to pause the suit until Trump is no longer in office. There is no indication that The New York Times's Pulitzer Prize award has been impacted as the case plays out in court. Trump on Friday said he was not aware of Musk's reported drug use but signaled he was not concerned by it, calling the Tesla CEO a 'fantastic guy.' The report was released on Musk's last day as a special government employee. Musk led Trump's Department of Government Efficiency efforts to reduce the size and scope of government. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
02-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Musk denies using drugs after NYT report: ‘Lying their a– off'
Tech billionaire Elon Musk denied he is taking drugs over the weekend, claiming The New York Times was 'lying their a– off' when it published a report about his alleged drug use on the campaign trail last year. 'To be clear, I am NOT taking drugs! The New York Times was lying their a– off,' Musk wrote on X Saturday. 'I tried *prescription* ketamine a few years ago and said so on X, so this not even news. It helps for getting out of dark mental holes, but haven't taken it since then.' Musk was responding to a report from The New York Times last Friday about concerns over his drug use on the campaign trail. The Times reported Musk told people during the campaign he was using ketamine so often that it impacted his bladder, along with using psychedelic mushrooms and taking ecstasy. The report cited photos and messages with people who knew him and claimed he would travel every day with a box containing 20 pills, some of which were marked as Adderall. The Times communications team defended the reporting in a post on X. 'Kirsten Grind and Megan Twohey's thoroughly sourced report provides an important and fair look into Musk's drug use and family conflicts,' the Times wrote on X. 'They interviewed a dozen people who have known or worked with him, and saw private text messages, legal documents and photographic evidence.' 'Elon Musk is just lashing out because he doesn't like our article,' the team continued. The Times said Musk had multiple opportunities to reply or rebut the report before its publication. 'He declined, opting instead to try to distract with a social post and no evidence,' the team wrote. Musk slammed the outlet a day earlier, telling reporters, 'Is The New York Times — is that the same publication that got a Pulitzer Prize for false reporting on the Russiagate? Is that the same organization? I think it is.' President Trump, who sat next to Musk in the Oval Office, replied, 'It is.' 'I think the judge just ruled against New York Times for their lines about the Russiagate hoax, and they may have to give back their Pulitzer Prize. That New York Times. Let's move on,' Musk said, referring to a recent ruling permitting Trump's lawsuit against the Pulitzer Board to proceed. Trump sued the board in 2022 over the Pulitzers awarded for stories about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Lawyers for the Pulitzer Board urged the judge to pause the suit until Trump is no longer in office. There is no indication that The New York Times's Pulitzer Prize award has been impacted as the case plays out in court. Trump on Friday said he was not aware of Musk's reported drug use but signaled he was not concerned by it, calling the Tesla CEO a 'fantastic guy.' The report was released on Musk's last day as a special government employee. Musk led Trump's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts to reduce the size and scope of government.
