July 15, 2025

Trump Steals the Spotlight (and the Trophy) + Elmo’s X Meltdown

Show Notes
Transcript

Our team reminds you Trump didn't steal anything and we are just doing wordplay and this whole show is parody.

Donald Trump crashes Chelsea’s FIFA celebration like an uncle who won’t leave a wedding, blocking photos, confusing players, and—oh yeah—keeping the real trophy for himself. Meanwhile, Elmo’s X account gets hacked and goes completely off the rails with rants about Epstein, Netanyahu, and PBS. Sesame Workshop scrambles, screenshots go viral, and somewhere Cookie Monster quietly logs off.

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Callaroga Shark media from Sesame Street, where Elmo likes to

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tweet this is ballad. That's right, Maybe we should give

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him a fake trophy. Let's hit this. I'm Patrick Guttfield

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and President Donald Trump's attempt at playing master of ceremonies

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went sideways at the FIFA Club World Cup Final Sunday night,

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leaving Chelsea players awkwardly celebrating their victory with the former

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president standing in the middle of their party like an

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uninvited uncle at a wedding. After Chelsea's surprise three to

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zero win over Paris anger Man at MetLife Stadium, Trump

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was invited to hand over the trophy standard enough, but

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rather than exit stage right after the handoff, Trump simply stayed,

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planning himself front and center. He blocked star midfielder Cole Palmer,

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who had just been named the tournament's best player, and

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hovered next to team captain Rhys James as he prepared

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to hoist the trophy. Video from the scene shows James

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and Palmer trying politely but clearly to nudge the President

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off to the side so the team could celebrate. FIFA

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President Gianni Infantino also stepped in attempting to shepherd Trump

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out of the spotlight, but the President didn't budge. Eventually,

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James lifted the trophy anyway, while Trump stood awkwardly in

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the middle of the group like he just signed with

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the team. Infantino ultimately managed to ease Trump behind the players,

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allowing them to pass the trophy around, though still with

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the President looming in the background. Photos from the moment

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later shared by Trump himself on Truth Social show, Palmer

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looking visibly unimpressed. They told me that he was going

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to present the trophy and then exit the stage, and

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I thought that he was going to exit the stage,

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but he wanted to stay rhees, James told PA media.

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Palmer more succinctly added I was a bit confused, yes,

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Adding to the spectacle, Trump had already been met with

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loud booze from the eighty thousand strong crowd, once during

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the national anthem and again when he emerged to present

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the trophy. The event marked Trump's second awkward soccer encounter

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in as many months, following a June photo op with

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Italy's Juventus squad at the White House that also drew

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puzzled reactions. But wait, there's even more. Trump decided to

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keep the FIFA Club World Cup trophy for himself, leaving

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Chelsea to celebrate with what's basically a participation trophy. The

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FIFA officials visited the White House back in March and

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apparently told Trump he could just keep the real one

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forever while they made a new one for the actual winners. Now,

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I don't know much about soccer, sorry football, but I'm

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pretty sure the whole point of winning a championship is

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getting to keep the actual trophy, not a replica that

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was probably made in the same factory as those World's

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Greatest dad mugs. Chelsea got handed what's essentially a really

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expensive fake Rolex. Trump revealed all this during an interview

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at the game, casually mentioning the original trophy is just

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sitting in the Oval office like a paperweight. He also

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joked about signing an executive or to change soccer to football,

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which honestly might be the least controversial thing he's proposed

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this week. Elmo, the eternally three and a half year

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old red monster from Sesame Street, either had his ex

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account hacked on Sunday or is testing the waters for

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a twenty twenty eight presidential run. Either way, Elmo really

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went for it. The normally cheerful account turned into something

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that would make even Cookie Monster lose his appetite. We're

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talking racist slurs, anti Semitic posts, and politically charge messages

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that are so inappropriate I can't even repeat them here.

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One post accused Donald Trump of being net and Yahu's

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puppet and referenced the Epstein files. Another tagged Trump directly

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with some very colorful language about releasing files. Elmo's account

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has six hundred and seventy thousand followers who tune in

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for wholesome puppet content, not conspiracy theories. Imagine logging on

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expecting to see Elmo Loves You and instead finding well,

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let's just say it wasn't exactly brought to you by

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the letter F for Family Friendly. Sesame Workshop jumped in

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quickly to confirm the hack, saying they're working to restore

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control of the account. All the offensive posts have been

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wiped clean, but you know how the Internet works, screenshots

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are forever. The timing here is particularly interesting. Just last week,

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Trump went on truth social ranting about how people should

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stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein, saying nobody cares about him.

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Then he attacked PBS itself, calling for defunding the Corporation

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for Public Broadcasting and saying it's worse than CNN and

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MSDNC put together. Yes, he deliberately misspelled MSNBC to include

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DNC in there. Democratic Congressman Jared Moskowitz had perhaps the

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best response to all this chaos. See what happens when

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you defund PBS.