President Donald Trump’s insistence on interfering in the World Cup’s officiating and disciplinary actions and then bragging about his involvement conjure memories of how he horned in on the opening of the Two Mississippi Museums in 2017.
Believe it or not, the president tends to want to make himself the center of attention regardless of his actual involvement. The World Cup and Two Mississippi Museums are examples of that, though their outcomes were vastly different.
With this year’s FIFA World Cup, the president went out of his way to make it known that he called to urge FIFA officials to reevaluate whether American soccer star Folarin Balogun should be suspended for Monday’s game against Belgium for a foul he committed in the previous game.
It should be pointed out that soccer players who receive red cards, like Balogun, for fouls viewed as egregious face suspension for their next game. England, for instance, had a key player miss a game.
Trump made it known to all that he called FIFA President Gianni Infantino about the red-card suspension for Balogun. After Trump’s call, FIFA’s disciplinary committee reversed course in an unusual but not unprecedented move and allowed Balogun to play against Belgium in a game that the USA ended up losing.
Infantino released a statement saying Trump’s action played no part in the decision of the FIFA disciplinary committee.
But what Trump did by insisting that the world know of his actions was to create an international incident. It took a feel-good U.S. soccer story and added a layer of controversy and charges of corruption – based at least in part on past actions of both FIFA and the American president.
Granted, it is not out of the ordinary for people to complain about referee’s decisions and even ask for reconsideration of penalties, but involvement by the U.S. president, the most powerful individual on the globe, was viewed as unfair and improper by many. His actions were viewed by many as giving the U.S. an unfair advantage.
The whole incident placed the American soccer team in a difficult position and arguably contributed to their disappointing showing against Belgium.
The president making a phone call to inquire about what is going on with a possible reconsideration of a disciplinary action was not necessarily out of bounds, if indeed, that was all he was doing. But he said he did more and his insistence on wanting everyone to know about his actions put a damper and the appearance of impropriety on what was becoming an American celebration of the underdog soccer team.
In another feel good moment in early December of 2017, Mississippi was opening the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson – the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the Museum of Mississippi History.
President Donald Trump speaks inside at a private event but not at the public opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson in December 2017. Credit: AP Photo/Susan WalshThe event was a celebration of a decades-long effort to open a civil rights museum in Mississippi – the site of so many of the activities of the Civil Rights Movement and of racial violence and injustice.
At the last minute, Trump announced he would visit Mississippi for the opening, at the invitation of then-Gov. Phil Bryant, a close ally of the president.
Trump’s announcement generated an immediate backlash. After all, Trump had not embraced many elements of the Civil Rights Movement and at times had made racially insensitive remarks.
In addition, a visit by the president – especially President Donald Trump – would take attention from the actual event and the celebration of the people who played a key role in the opening. Those people included Civil Rights icon Myrlie Evers, the wife of slain Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers; Democratic former Gov. William Winter, the chair of the state Department of Archives and History Board that oversaw the museums; and Republican former Gov. Haley Barbour, whose support was crucial for getting state money from the Legislature to help fund the museums.
Incidentally, Bryant, as lieutenant governor, opposed Barbour’s efforts to garner state funding for the museums, though as governor Bryant took a front row seat for the opening.
The announcement of Trump’s participation was viewed negatively by many. U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, who was a key figure in the Civil Rights protest of the 1960s, canceled his participation in the opening.
As it turned out, instead of participating in the public opening held outside the museums on unusually cold and snowy December day, Trump visited and spoke before a small group inside of the museums.
The public ceremony celebrating the opening of the museums went on without Trump. For the people attending the event, there was no sign the president had been in Mississippi.
Trump made sure everyone knew of his involvement in the World Cup.
The result was not so great for America on many levels.
The Two Mississippi Museums, on the other hand, continue to be viewed as a state gem.
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