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Ex-insider flags disturbing pattern of behavior behind Trump's FIFA fiasco
Trump’s Real Target Was Never FIFAThe Pattern Is the PowerMiles Taylor’s warning is not really about soccer governance. The source material lays out a longer and uglier pattern: Donald Trump treats any independent referee as an obstacle to be bullied, weakened, or removed. When the referee is a federal judge, the target is constitutional constraint. When the referee is FIFA, the target is an easier institution that can be bent by pressure.That is the political meaning here. Trump does not see institutions as neutral arbiters. He sees them as instruments of compliance. If they do not comply…
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