May 15, 2025

Trump’s Jet Envy, World Peace via Soccer, and the $1,200 Candy Heist in London

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Transcript

From Trump drooling over Qatar’s marble palaces and begging for a new plane, to his latest peace proposal—letting Russia play in the World Cup if they stop the whole “war” thing—it’s been another week of global diplomacy, Trump-style. Meanwhile, we check in on “ChiefsAholic,” the NFL superfan turned bank robber, and head to London, where American candy stores are charging $1,200 for two packs of sweets and hiding behind secret Scooby-Doo panels. No, really. All that plus gold accents in the Oval, jet-size jealousy, and why British police are confiscating bootleg cereal.

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Caalaruga Shark Media from Washington, d C. Where it seems

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less crazy for some reason. This is ballot, that's right.

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It's like if a disruptive presence has left a town.

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Call the Ghostbusters. Let's hit this. The President of the

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United States is currently on a Middle Eastern tour, and

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according to reports, Trump is absolutely mesmerized by the wealth

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of his hosts. The man looked at the marble and

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Qatar's palace and called it perfecto, which is either Spanish

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for perfect or what happens when you let a real

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estate developer loosen a palace gift shop. Apparently, Trump spent

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the whole trip gawking at the gleaming marbles of Saudi

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Arabia's skyline and complaining that Air Force one is much

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smaller and much less impressive than what the Gulf States

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are flying around in. The President of the United States,

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leader of the free world, commander of the world's most

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powerful military.

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Is basically having jet envy.

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He's out there saying, these countries all have brand new

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Boeing seven forty sevens while he's stuck with a plane

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that's nearly four decades old. And here's where it gets

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really good. Trump is so desperate for an upgrade that

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he's actually considering accepting a donated plane from Qatar, a

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donated plane from a foreign government. The Constitution has this

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little thing about foreign gifts, but apparently that's just a

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suggestion when you really really want a nicer ride. The

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whole trip reads like lifestyles of the rich and autocratic.

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Trump told the Katarya Mirror quote, the job you've done

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is second to none, while literally staring up at the

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ceiling like he was at the Sistine Chapel. Meanwhile, back home,

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Trump's already planning his White House renovations. He wants to

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build a beautiful ballroom like I have at mar A Lago,

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and promises to pay the one hundred million dollar bill himself.

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He also wants to pave over the rose garden, yes,

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the rose garden, and turn it into a path with

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gorgeous stone, because apparently flowers are for amateurs. The Oval

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Office already got the Trump treatment, twenty four carrot gold

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accents everywhere. He's got so many presidential portraits hanging up

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it looks like a presidential trading card collection came to life.

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And he keeps a copy of the Declaration of independence

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behind a curtain that he dramatically unveils for guests. Nothing

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says constitutional democracy like treating the founding document of our

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republic like you're revealing a new car at an auto show.

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In what might be the most innovative approach to international

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diplomacy since bribing your toddler with ice cream to behave

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at a restaurant, President Trump has suggested that Russia might

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get to play soccer again if they just, you know,

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stop invading Ukraine. During a meeting with FIFA President Gianni

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and Fantino at the first gathering of his administration's World

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Cup task Force, Trump was apparently shocked to learn that

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Russia has been banned from international soccer competitions since twenty

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twenty two. I guess nobody briefed him on this crucial

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geopolitical development during his presidential transit. I didn't know that,

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Is that right, Trump asked, with all the surprise of

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someone who just discovered that water is wet. When Infantino

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confirmed that Russia was indeed banned, but could potentially be

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readmitted if peace happens, Trump had a eureka moment.

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That's possible. Hey could be a.

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Good incentive right, yes, Because if there's one thing that

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will convince Vladimir Putin to end a devastating conflict that's

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killed thousands, it's the opportunity to get eliminated in the

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group stage of the World Cup. That's like telling someone,

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if you stop burning down the neighborhood, we'll let you

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compete in the local bowling league. Trump added, we want

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to get them to stop. We want them to stop.

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Five thousand people a week are being killed. It's not

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even believable. You know what else isn't believable that after

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a war costing countless lives and billions of dollars, the

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tipping point would be missing the soccer tournament. Meanwhile, Russia

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hasn't played a competitive match since November twenty twenty one,

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but has managed to win eleven out of sixteen friendlies,

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which is impressive considering they're only allowed to play against

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countries that don't mind being on NATO's naughty list. Infantino

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said back in April that he wanted to bring Russia

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back in the football landscape because this would mean that

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everything is solved. Because nothing says everything is solved, quite

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like letting a country play soccer again. World peace achieved,

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mission accomplished, everyone gets a participation trophy.

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So there you have it.

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World War III might be averted, not through diplomacy, sanctions,

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or military deterrence, but through the promise of letting eleven

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Russians kick a ball around a field.

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In North America. Who knew international relations could be so simple.

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Speaking of sports, a Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as

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chief Saholic was sentenced to thirty two years in prison

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for bank robbery.

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Apparently the Chiefsaholics robbed.

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A teacher's credit union in Oklahoma to fund his social

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media stardom, because apparently being a s sports influencer doesn't

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pay what it used to. His lawyer says it was

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all due to a gambling addiction, which raises the question

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what kind of twisted gambling problems do you develop when

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you're already getting that rush from watching the Chiefs in

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the playoffs. The man was literally dressed as a wolf

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at games. Most people just buy an overpriced jersey and

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call it a day. The judge gave him thirty two year,

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which is a lot of time to think about whether

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those Instagram followers were really worth it.

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So Oxford Street in London.

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You know, that famous shopping district where the British go

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to buy t cozy's and commemorative plates of the royal

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family has been overrun by American candy stores.

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But these aren't your average sugar pushers.

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A tourist was charged eight hundred and ninety nine pounds

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and ninety nine pence. That's twelve hundred dollars for two

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packs of candy. Two I've paid less for dental work

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after eating American candy. Maybe those tariffs are working. When

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the police showed up at this sugar den of inequity,

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the employees literally ran away through a secret panel in

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the wall, a secret panel. They weren't selling sour patch kids,

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they were auditioning for Scooby Doo villains. Behind this panel

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police found eighty thousand pounds money not weight. That's one

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hundred and seven thousand dollars worth of fake and unsafe goods.

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The cops also discovered an escape door leading to the street,

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because nothing says legitimate business like having an emergency escape

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route built into your candy shop. These stores have been

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multiplying across Oxford Street since the pandemic. They sell things

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like goldfish crackers and sour patch kids at prices that

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would make Jeff Bezos say WHOA, that seems excessive. The

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Westminster City Council leader called these shops a blight on

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Oxford Street, which is British for they really suck. Police

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have seized more than one point three million dollars worth

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of fake and unsafe goods from these stores in the

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past two years, including vapes, counterfeit Paddington Bear merchandise and

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cereal with ingredients that are banned in the UK. The

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good news is that the tourists got a refund after

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bringing the police back to the store. The bad news

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is that these candy shops are harder to get rid

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of than that weird uncle at Thanksgiving who keeps talking

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about conspiracy theories. I guess the moral of the story is,

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if you're in London and one American candy, maybe just

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eat fish and chips instead. It's cheaper and won't make

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you run through a secret panel in the wall when

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the authorities show up. Portions of today's program were made

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with the help of FIFA, Chocolate and American AI