{"id":136177,"date":"2018-04-28T00:42:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T06:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136177"},"modified":"2018-04-29T23:55:34","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T05:55:34","slug":"trump-threatens-countries-that-dont-support-north-american-world-cup-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/28\/trump-threatens-countries-that-dont-support-north-american-world-cup-bid.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens countries that don’t support North American World Cup bid"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remain amazed by Donald’s pathological need to threaten people into compliance.<\/p>\n

I mean, who in their right mind would actually tweet this: “The U.S. has put together a STRONG bid w\/ Canada & Mexico for the 2026 World Cup. It would be a shame if countries that we always support were to lobby against the U.S. bid. Why should we be supporting these countries when they don\u2019t support us (including at the United Nations)?”<\/i><\/p>\n

I mean, we’re not even talking about something like a world nuclear treaty or something that even matters<\/i> in a substantive fashion. It’s about a freaking soccer tournament.<\/i><\/p>\n

But everything for Trump is about You Will Respect\/Fear Me, or I Will Make You Respect\/Fear Me.<\/i> It makes some of the behind-the-scenes accusations seem all the more plausible.<\/p>\n

(It’s also worth noting that the only reason Donald felt he had to tweet this is that, despite, yes, a strong group bid with Canada and Mexico, the major contender, Morocco, is getting a lot<\/i> of support because of Trump’international activities, including the Muslim-ish Ban.)<\/p>\n


\n
\n<\/a>
\nwashingtonpost<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I remain amazed by Donald’s pathological need to threaten people into compliance. I mean, who in their right mind would actually tweet this: “The U.S. has put together a STRONG bid w\/ Canada & Mexico for the 2026 World Cup. It would be a shame if countries that we always support were to lobby against … Continue reading “Trump threatens countries that don’t support North American World Cup bid”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,10,67,1071],"tags":[1536,1077,1537],"class_list":["post-136177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-geopolitical-brouhaha","category-media-sports","category-trump","tag-soccer","tag-trump","tag-world-cup"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Trump-and-Rick-Scott.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135721,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/20\/the-retaliatory-president.html","url_meta":{"origin":136177,"position":0},"title":"The Retaliatory President","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 20-Dec-17 12:46pm","format":false,"excerpt":"While aid and alliance and assistance are always somewhat quid pro quo, there are nuance and competing factors usually involved. We support country X because they also oppose country Y. We provide aid to country Z because unrest there will lead to larger-scale refugee problems. We provide assistance to country\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/trump-serious.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":133808,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/06\/the-inconsistent-president.html","url_meta":{"origin":136177,"position":1},"title":"The Inconsistent President","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 6-Jul-17 10:39am","format":false,"excerpt":"Donald Trump on the \"Meddling\" in the 2016 Election:\u275d '\"I think it was Russia, I think it could have been other countries,\" Trump said. \"I won\u2019t be specific.\" He added: \"So it was Russia and it was probably others also, and that\u2019s probably been going on for a long period\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":132712,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/31\/trump-may-have-just-done-california-a-huge-favor.html","url_meta":{"origin":136177,"position":2},"title":"Trump may have just done California a huge favor","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 31-Jan-17 7:26am","format":false,"excerpt":"By endangering Los Angeles' bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, given how the financials on such hosting usually work out. Trump's travel ban could impact IOC vote on 2024 Summer Olympics host, but other factors also will be considered Los Angeles isn\u2019t the only city whose bid for the 2024\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":137113,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/10\/the-trump-admin-declares-war-on-the-international-criminal-court.html","url_meta":{"origin":136177,"position":3},"title":"The Trump Admin declares war on the International Criminal Court","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 10-Sep-18 8:38am","format":false,"excerpt":"The ICC\u00a0was set up by international treaty to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide charges around the world. The US was one of seven countries to vote against the treaty, alongside such other stalwarts of the rule of law as China, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Qatar, and Yemen. Over\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/icc-hq.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":138495,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/30\/lets-make-matters-worse-is-wonderful-foreign-policy.html","url_meta":{"origin":136177,"position":4},"title":"“Let’s make matters worse” is wonderful foreign policy!","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 30-Mar-19 6:09pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Trump is cutting off aid to Central American countries whose residents are fleeing to the United States.","rel":"","context":"In "Geopolitical Brouhaha"","block_context":{"text":"Geopolitical Brouhaha","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/geopolitical-brouhaha"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/trump-usa-hat.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/trump-usa-hat.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/trump-usa-hat.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/trump-usa-hat.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":133815,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/07\/on-russias-election-meddling-its-time-we-are-told-to-move-forward.html","url_meta":{"origin":136177,"position":5},"title":"On Russia's election meddling, it's time, we are told, to "move forward"","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 7-Jul-17 4:23pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The meeting between Trump and Putin lasted a lot longer than expected. There are no transcripts, just what folk came out saying was discussed. Re Russian hacking and the 2016 Election ...\u275d Tillerson said the two leaders had a \u201cvery robust and lengthy exchange\u201d on cyber threats and election interference,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136187,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136177\/revisions\/136187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}