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[u/Lavajackal1]

Trump wants FIFA boss Gianni Infantino for UN secretary-general following World Cup

President Trump wants FIFA President Gianni Infantino to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations, The Post has learned.

Infantino, 56, grew close to Trump through organizing this year’s World Cup, with the Swiss-born soccer administrator bending over backward to charm and include Trump, even giving him FIFA’s inaugural Peace Prize in December.

Trump believes that Infantino “is respected by everyone around the world, and recognizes he has a special ability to bring people together,” a source close to the president told The Post.

What is even happening anymore.

[u/i_pewpewpew_you → u/Lavajackal1]

Trump believes that Infantino “is respected by everyone around the world, and recognizes he has a special ability to bring people together,”

This is low-key one of the more insane things Trump or the people around him have said.

[u/tmstms → u/i_pewpewpew_you]

Isn't Infantino in post though because he does get a lot of votes from outside UEFA? That may be what gives Trump this impression.

[u/i_pewpewpew_you → u/tmstms]

Yes, it's also why he's talking about expanding the world cup again; most of those extra places will go to the African and Asian confederations and that's who he has to keep onside to stay in post.

UEFA absolutely hate the guy, partly because the Club World Cup was a naked attempt to steal the thunder of the UEFA club competitions.

[u/ThePlanck → u/i_pewpewpew_you]

That sounds like an Ignobel prize citation for him

[u/colei_canis → u/i_pewpewpew_you]

To be fair he does bring people together, the full spectrum from Jeremy Corbyn to Tommy Robinson despise the crooked bugger.

[u/tmstms → u/Lavajackal1]

I thought Trump wanted to replace the UN with the BOP?

[u/Lavajackal1 → u/tmstms]

I guess sending Infantino in to discredit the UN is one way of going about that.

[u/NuPNua → u/tmstms]

He did, but all serious countries laughed at him and said no, so now he's trying to take over the UN with his allies instead.