Oh, brother. This was ridiculous. As we all know, Trump attended the FIFA World Cup game in New Jersey on Sunday, where he was loudly booed (good for them) and wouldn’t let go of the trophy. He made a pretty bad showing for our country, and an embarrassing one, too. Yet another example to show us he cares about no one but himself. But wait! There’s more … from Raw Story:
President Donald Trump’s attendance at the FIFA Club World Cup soccer match in New Jersey on Sunday reportedly caused Newark Airport to be shut down for hours. As Trump arrived at the major international hub, transportation reporter Sam Deutsch noted that all flights had been halted except for the president’s Air Force One. “Very interesting thing just happened: EWR had a complete ground stop due to ‘thunderstorms’ despite no storms in a 200-mile radius,” he wrote on BlueSky. “The only flight to leave from EWR in that window? Air Force One.”
Good grief. What a crock. There should have been a better way to handle this for one of the US’s busiest airports. I’ve been there multiple times, occasionally very early in the morning, and it’s *always* crazy, at least in my experience. Now, back to our story. El Presidente Imbécil shut down the airport so he could attend the game. There should have been an alternate way.
“Sure looks like Donald Trump just shut down EWR for 4 hours so he could watch a soccer game!” he added. In an update, Deutsch reported that airport employees were told that Trump was the reason for diverted inbound flights. “Apparently, airport employees are telling travelers that the thunderstorm excuse is fake and Trump is the real reason the airport was shut down for 4 hours,” he wrote.
Short and sweet because another writer has covered the rest of the things that happened at the game. And yes, I am now a Chelsea (team) fan. Ha.
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