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Trump seen pocketing FIFA medal before handing Chelsea replica championship trophy
(www.the-independent.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2025
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I'm all for dunking on him but it looks like he was given it, and I haven't seen any other evidence suggesting the medal was intended to be given back: https://youtu.be/b5I2adhIn7U?t=174
Fake news isn't less bad just because it's "your side" doing it
Retroactively gifting it doesn't erase that he stole it
If you have credible evidence saying it was only gifted retroactively, please link it. The video evidence does not appear support that interpretation of events.
Yes it does learn human interaction.
The guy asks for it back, goes it the pocket and he shrugs it off.
That's not giving it stupido