00:00In the case of Omar Arthane, FIFA is complicit.
00:02The CAF is complicit and the African countries are complicit.
00:05Omar Arthane was not sidelined for any sporting, disciplinary, professional or any other reason, no, no.
00:10He was excluded because he comes from a sensitive country.
00:12As if your nationality defines your personality.
00:15So you're going to tell me that I'm repinning everything because technically it's the United States and the government
00:19Trump refused entry.
00:21And therefore, FIFA, CAF and the like have nothing to do with any of this.
00:24Certainly, but it was FIFA that submitted the United States' proposal to a vote, a small
00:28there's not much there.
00:28And for those who would tell me, well yes, it was in 2018, we didn't know who would get Trump, etc.
00:32So in 2018, if you remember correctly, Trump was already there.
00:35It was his first term and we all knew he was a far-right psychopath and that
00:40was going to cause trouble at some point.
00:41FIFA, admittedly, has no rights over the laws of the United States, we agree.
00:45But she's the one organizing the competition, which means she should at least have
00:48to obtain prior approval from the Trump administration
00:51to have guarantees for absolutely all players, all referees, all staff, all media, all
00:56journalists, all the officials in fact, for this World Cup.
00:58And since Infantino awarded a Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump, well, that's because...
01:03In fact, FIFA also acted as a guarantor of those points.
01:05Normally, when you award someone the equivalent of a Nobel Peace Prize, it's because...
01:09If someone is the president of a country, they're not going to let people in and let people
01:13Under the tile, I don't know.
01:15And then, well, FIFA, all year long, gives us slogans about inclusive football, football with everyone
01:19The world, whatchamacallit, those slogans are great.
01:21But FIFA accepts that an official referee from its federation can be excluded for purely political and migratory reasons.
01:27It's not even like the referee in question made discriminatory remarks, I don't know, not even.
01:32They didn't even try to make any excuses, they just didn't let him in because he's Somali.
01:37And remind me, where is this World Cup being held?
01:40Is she in the United States? Or is she in North America?
01:42Canada and Mexico are in the tandem, right?
01:45Because, yes, Trump's fascist regime did not allow Omar to return to US territory.
01:50It's obviously outrageous, but there's nothing new under the sun, I told you, there's even
01:53NGOs have been raising the alarm about this for years.
01:56Maybe we should have listened to them, huh.
01:57But FIFA could have considered a plan B, where that referee would have officiated matches in Mexico and
02:02in Canada.
02:03Plus, there's this story where he's seen happy to have arrived in Miami and everything.
02:06Was this the first time a Somali referee could represent his country in a World Cup?
02:10Well, no, false hope.
02:12Moreover, his inability to officiate clearly demonstrates one thing, doesn't it?
02:15It's crazy that the organization was so focused on the States.
02:18Yes, the States is one of the biggest countries in the world, it's one of the richest countries
02:21to the world.
02:22I'd like to agree, but I have the impression that it's the States, San Marino and Gibraltar.
02:26there.
02:26Canada has 4-5-6 games, Mexico has the same, and the States have almost all of the games.
02:32And then there's the CAF in all this, I'm talking about the Confederation of African Football, right?
02:36She had praised Omar Hartan.
02:37I don't know, maybe stand up for yourself, try to make yourselves heard, do something, actually.
02:41Yes, it's not the CAF that will ultimately get him into the States.
02:44It's not the CAF (French family allowance fund) that will be able to make him work in Mexico or Canada.
02:47but she cannot celebrate her participation in a World Cup,
02:50And then, well, to remain silent or say nothing.
02:53when that same guy gets excluded for purely discriminatory reasons.
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