Trump holds the match to sport’s greatest political powder keg |
It took just 48 hours for the US ice hockey team, fresh from snaffling Olympic gold at Canada’s expense, to be spirited from the podium in Milan to the 24-carat kitsch of the Oval Office.
President Donald Trump, who had marked the feat by sharing an AI-generated video portraying him pushing over Canadian players and punching one repeatedly in the face, even laid on a military Boeing 757 for their trip.
US President Donald Trump, left, and FIFA boss Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office.Credit: Bloomberg
Ever since he performed a Ryder Cup fly-past on Air Force One, he has........