President Donald Trump lingered on the podium with the vacant confidence of a wedding guest who had wandered into the family photographs and begun arranging the bride’s parents. Canada and Mexico helped host the World Cup but Trump still presented the tournament as an American triumph. During the World Cup, Trump reportedly intervened with Infantino after American striker Folarin Balogun received a red card. The contradiction surrounding the World Cup made the spectacle darker. Trump offers a slight variation: power removes the people who used to tell you when it was time to go.