Oops. Watched some fireworks on YT and realized I hadn’t finished my last pair for the day. We get C-Span, so let’s see how long the fireworks go on for this whoop-de-doo show of Trump’s.
Holy moly, this guy Markwayne is detestable. He doesn’t get the World Cup soccer tournament. He doesn’t get how badly we’ve treated visitors coming in for the games. And he is certainly a racist little pr*ck who needed to be taken down a couple of pegs. Hit him again, harder! Verbally, that is. Thanks to Raw Story:
With the country engrossed by the unexpected success of the US men’s team’s performance in the 2026 World Cup, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin refused to take the high road when the team from Iran was eliminated. In a column for MS NOW, political analyst Zeeshan Aleem called out the former Oklahoma plumber-turned-US senator for gloating in the Iran team elimination after the US government made their appearance a nightmare with travel restrictions and continued harassment by government officials.
Maybe I’m too nice. I thought it was great that the Iranian team was able to play because soccer is not about missile silos or drone controls. You have to know that the regime is going to hear ALL about how horribly the team was treated by the US. That’s not going to make them any more inclined to work with us over the war. As a matter of fact, it may have the opposite effect. That’s just grand.
“I’m just glad they’re done, and they’re not coming back,” Mullin boasted, according to Politico. “I was so happy when we were able to pull their visas and said they could leave U.S. soil, and I might have sung a song or two, or maybe danced a happy dance.” According to Aleem, what Mullin glossed over was the fact that the U.S. government had spent weeks making life hell for Iran’s team. The administration didn’t just deny visas to support staff—it forced Iran to move its training base from Arizona to Mexico, sabotaged their preparation time, and treated elite athletes like criminals rather than competitors in an international sporting event. And yet Iran nearly made it to the knockout stage anyway—three draws despite the handicaps the Trump administration imposed.
That’s pretty damn impressive, actually. Everything was against them, and they almost made the knockout round. Would any of our people have been able to do the same? They were a damn good team, and they played well. There were many good matches even before it got that far. These are world-class athletes, all of them, but Mark had to wave his weenie and treat them like dirt. It wasn’t just Iran’s team and their people, either. A *lot* of teams and a *lot* of fans were harassed, with some people not being allowed even into the country. We are looking very, very bad on the world stage, no matter how well “our” guys have played.
“It’s a reminder of how Mullin’s comments are not just unsportsmanlike; they’re bad diplomacy. The U.S. is in negotiations with Iran to wind down a war in which the U.S. has faced a humiliating loss and lacks the leverage to extract good terms. Why would a prominent Trump official bask in Iran being ousted from the World Cup, a globally watched opportunity to use soft power?” he asked. “A long-term thinker might have used the tournament to show Iran that the U.S. could be fair-minded. Instead, the Trump administration confirmed countless Iranians’ suspicions that the U.S. is treacherous and untrustworthy, as if hawks in Iran needed more ammunition.”
Yep, Marky Meathead did not do the US a favor. It’s highly likely he made things worse. There are many people who would like to thwap him with a Clue Bat. America is tired of this Iran War, moron. Don’t keep extending it because we lose more and more every day when someone says something stupid like this. Iran could shut down the Strait and tell us to go away because we can’t be trusted with anything! They don’t *have* to talk with us, and that’s extremely worrisome. What on earth do we need to do to get these idiots to shut up?
By the way, Trump’s fireworks? There were a lot of them. 45 minutes’ worth, and you had to know YMCA would be played. They also had ground fountains on barges. But there was so *much* you couldn’t see it all before they started to fade. Yep, there were a lot of fireworks. All the people who ignored the “wear a mask” warnings are going to have fun breathing tomorrow. Trump spent most of the time on his phone. His big damn fireworks, and he barely watched. I’m estimating the cost at easily a billion bucks. I had the sound off. Hate his voice.
One more to go, so see you soon!
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