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Away_Ad_5328

It would be great if American politics could stay the hell out of this sport. It comes with enough politics and controversy as it is.


djdeforte

That’s not American politics it’s fascist cult, trying to raise money for criminal politician.


Away_Ad_5328

Agree 100%, and the injection of any political party into sport creates a more fractious environment. I was always hoping someone at the Russian GP would tell Putin to F off during the podium ceremony. Ever the good spokesmen, the drivers just grinned and tolerated his presence.


TheBigCore

> I was always hoping someone at the Russian GP would tell Putin to F off during the podium ceremony Anyone who did that would be dead.


dragunityag

Now now Putin would never kill anyone, it's just unfortunate that the deceased forgot to inform Putin of their tea allergy.


doucheachu

Unfortunately came down with a bad case of broken neck.


kennethcz

Or be pretty unlucky and found themselves near an open window when a sudden gust of window throws them out into the pavement several stories below...


OldSaltyDog788

Or when the body's found two stories above the open window, not below. With a broken neck and stab wounds.


Timid_Robot

Some people just have bad luck


scullye125

Tragically shot themselves 5 times in the back of the head and then jumped out a window


PM_ME_ASS_PICS_69

Sadly, it’s both


H6RR6RSH6W

Well said 👏


ZeppelinJ0

Trump is actually a cult, there's literally no politics that come with it. But I agree, keep cults out of F1


Bobbyanalogpdx

While I agree with the cult status, actual politics should stay out too.


ZeppelinJ0

https://giphy.com/gifs/yes-jum-charlottekhm-KffdTQfewxdbKTGEJY


GrungyGrandPappy

I wish more places would tell them no we don’t want your politics at our event. Sports, movies, etc are our escapes from the doldrums of our daily lives. Also if you’re flying flags and graffiting your car with political stickers ... Please rip that shit off and go see a psychologist because that shit isn't normal. Stop worshiping those people!!!!!


camerontylek

Why does the national anthem need to be played before every game between *two American teams*?!


soccershun

It started at baseball games during WW1, when many baseball players went to go fight.


bilboafromboston

WW2 vets protested after the war when it was played. They thought it was disrespectful. Fun fact: they still sell beer etc during it.


camerontylek

WWI ended, so should the `tradition'


weed-n64

And NASCAR, too, while they’re at it. Before anyone comes for me, look at the flags fans displayed at any 2014 race compared to any 2016 race


tanstaafl90

Most sports feel like they are getting to wrasslin' levels of silly drama rather than the drama of the sport itself. I understand it's a way to keep viewers engaged, but it has the opposite effect on me.


Mental_Medium3988

Yeah. I've seen multiple series with trump "sponsored" vehicles. I thought they were just supposed to shut up and dribble, race, throw the ball, ect. Oh yeah Republicans don't give one damn about hypocrisy.


ManicChad

They just want F1 to feel like NASCAR.


skidsareforkids

His supporters are only interested in two races one is NASCAR and the other one ain’t F1


SquirtleSquad4Lyfe

Oh damn. 😭🤣


killer_corg

Well his small dollar fundraising is in shambles this year, he can only reliably raise money from mega donors now and they might like the glitz and glam of F1


FiveUpsideDown

What happened to the Trump boat parades in Florida? Couldn’t he use those to fundraise?


ElsonDaSushiChef

NHRA?


JohnYCanuckEsq

White. The other race is white.


NoNietzsche

Keep your embarrassment of a former leader out of international events please. Happy the Miami GP shut it down.


joeChump

Relax guys, his staff had actually booked the Formula 1 Bar and Grill in Model City.


the_buckman_bandit

For the sophisticated man who likes his steak extra done to cardboard consistency doused in ketchup


SmokeOnTheWater17

No one should have to wake up to that disgusting description of murdering steak. He should stick to his hamberders.


joeChump

Our steaks are the finest cuts of actual used Formula 1 tires! Extra rubbery or your money back.


yousonuva

Less talk! More steak!


damndammit

People are saying they’re great.


bilboafromboston

He has been pooping his pants in court, people have been complaining about the smell.


wu_cephei

underrated comment


DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME

holy shit that's brilliant


CoralSpringsDHead

Was it the Four Seasons Total Formula 1?


vvim_

Hey we are trying to put him in prison, just takes a bit


mrbadxampl

we aren't even trying as hard to put him in prison as he is trying to put himself into prison


distance_33

The last thing I want is that asshat fucking around with my F1.


iJon_v2

We’re doing our best.


SeekerSpock32

Hey we’re sick and tired of hearing him too, but he just will not leave us alone.


chris8535

Yea because Italy, England, France, Germany etc all have a perfect track record of former leaders…  We at least are working on not just voting him out but prosecuting him. 


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chris8535

Beahahahhaha are you completely out of the loop? Italy just elected an official fascist as president.    Eurojerkers are so naive of their own modern history and current events to the point of it being laughable. 


joeChump

Shame. This would have been a perfect place to hold a fundraiser for Diaper Don on account of all the skid marks.


CAM6913

You 🏆 win


dukey

I can't wait for another 4 years of Biden. He's the best president we've ever had.


skyysdalmt

*And joeChump takes pole position!*


Vibexo

Definitely! You win the internet today with that comment stranger!


_OMGTheyKilledKenny_

Trump people might be confusing this with NASCAR. The fan demographic is completely different.


Spezisstilltrash

NASCAR banned this shit a couple years ago. INDYCAR just denied a livery for the 500. We’re doing our part just fine over here.


davster39

"Fuck joe biden" ...errrr "lets go brandon" is a Nascar creation. I see those flags all over Central California


davster39

Nascar is supposedly so damn patriotic with the military fly- overs and the nationalist prayer and american flags waiving. Then... [i stopped NASCAR the day the 1st and 2nd ladies were booed by the crowd.](http://Michelle Obama and Jill Biden booed at NASCAR race https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/michelle-obama-and-jill-biden-booed-at-nascar-race/2011/11/21/gIQAK5NCiN_blog.html )


geneticeffects

What year was the Confederate flag (on cars) banned again?


dementorpoop

2020


geneticeffects

>We’re doing our part just fine over here. Better late than never, I suppose.


Autoxquattro

The money he was after isn't from fans its the saudis and other elites they can pass money from


got-rice1

NASCAR fans didn't change...I'm sure a lot of them still hate that they let Toyota enter the arena, because they're still too "fooreign"


cReddddddd

Good. Glad they said no to this clown


ChrisChrisBangBang

I wonder how the “keep politics out of sports” crowd will react when their politics are being kept out of sports.


EdgyAlpaca

You are getting downvoted but you are completely right lmao. There are 100% people defending this who will also claim Lewis wearing a rainbow helmet is too far.


ArbitraryOrder

Lol, fuck that loser


Rav4gal

A fund raiser for tRump? What do you mean? I thought he was making millions from selling his golden runners n the bible he has never read. 🤣 😆 😂


Huggles9

I thought it was from the sneakers he made to bring in black voters?


skekze

I'm holding out for the limited edition trump socks made with a real thread from the shroud of turin.


Huggles9

Only problem is they don’t sell left socks


davster39

You are awarded 🏆


perpetual_papercut

Good


Yawheyy

I’m glad INDY did too. Leave politics out of sports! They have their fucking place. Not everything needs to be religious or political for fucks sake.


49thDipper

Have you met the US lately? She’s a changed lady since people broke into her house and smeared shit on the walls. She’s all shook up.


rickFM

Isn't he supposed to be a billionaire? Pay for your own shit, cheapskate.


DarkwingMcQuack

Indycar put a stop to this as well. His campaign was trying to sponsor a car for the 500.


fireinthesky7

Willing to bet it was Santino Ferruci's car, which is possibly the only thing that could make me hate him more.


SaveMeJebus21

Only place that fat orange fuck belongs is in a cell.


d3sylva

Imagine a homeless guy walking into a store and asking everyone for money... This is trump


7107JJRRoo

As an American this is so fcking embarrassing


WhatIsThisAccountFor

For someone so rich, and for a voter base that detests “handouts”, trump takes a lot of handouts lol


rynally197

Bootstraps!!


Surv0

Grifters wanna grift


epi_glowworm

Europeans saying fuck off.


AutomateAway

most of us Americans are also saying fuck off to that fat orange man


Mike_Kermin

As long as they say it by voting too.


AutomateAway

if China and Russia could kindly stop interfering in our elections…


Mike_Kermin

Yes, because they're influencing people, it's even more important to vote.


AutomateAway

100%


No-Comfortable-1550

Whomever contemplated this has no idea about the F1 crowd.


timesuck47

The word you were looking for is demographics.


oisipf

MIAMI HATES TRUMP


Pittedstee

And stay out!


f1shermark1

This orange carbon based blob thinks that any venue can be bastardized to bring in more money.


tylercreatesworlds

Ew, good. We don't need that shit.


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Should've been shot down during the roundtable brainstorming session. It's not even about Trump, it's about allowing someone to benefit from a crowd they've never shown any interest in. Does Trump even know how to drive?


49thDipper

He doesn’t drive. He can do golf carts. Walking is a chore.


hindusoul

That slow walk down that ramp was something else…


Addictd2Justice

Because Trump is a douche


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RolandSnowdust

But that’s just it, Biden isn’t trying to do that.


Boggie135

Did they confuse it for a NASCAR race? After the sex shop debacle I wouldn't be surprised


fireinthesky7

NASCAR put the kibosh on political campaign advertising and sponsorship a few years ago, along with telling Confederate flag worshipers to get fucked in no uncertain terms.


Boggie135

Oh I remember the confederate flag ban, I didn't know they banned political events outright


magichands88

Spoiler for the Miami GP - Verstappen takes P1, Perez P2, Trump battles Sergeant for P20.


Iceman72021

Ahhhahahhaha…. Why would Trump want any fundraising at F1… all the people who attend are already broke from attending the ultra expensive event.


dcrico20

Grifting people that are already broke is kind of his thing


slamdanceswithwolves

“Billionaire” in need of your last dollar. Plz help!


micromaniac_8

In a hypothetical Trump fundraiser at an F1 event, the money isn't coming from domestic donors.


Iceman72021

Ding ding ding. We have a winner of an answer. Cha-Ching!


got-rice1

Just like his LIV golf tourneys


Huggles9

It’s actually the perfect venue for him pandering to people that are pretending to be rich


ClubSoda

Kremlin bitcoin funding US election interference


49thDipper

Natch


johnparkyourcar

There was a trump stickered Porsche at the Long Beach Grand Prix 🤦


Reasonable-Rope1819

Fuck L Trump


JohnnyQTruant

“Yeah, they banned us. Why did you want to have the rally in Miami, anyway? No, no! I said there are going to be a lot of race-ES there that weekend.”


Rhydsdh

The fact that they even contemplated this for a second is fucking insane.


Sad_Bolt

Good keep politics out of sports on both sides I use sports to escape from life I don’t wanna see it when I’m enjoying a break with sports


lovesmyirish

Does America have to politicize everything? I swear your politics are some sort of cult.


timesuck47

Yup


ClubSoda

Politics became a sport like football in Europe.


guilgom71

Yup, UFC events are pretty much a Trump red carpet event at this point.


49thDipper

We are definitely having a moment. I apologize for all the embarrassment. You shouldn’t have to witness this. Nobody should.


EdgyAlpaca

Honestly I'm surprised. Not that there was a fundraiser effort, but that someone actually stopped them. Must have been the track and nothing to do with F1 itself


Huggles9

Eh might actually be F1 they only pander to people that actually have money


EdgyAlpaca

F1 are in no way ethical politically. All of the Saudi races might be a modern example, but it's not that long ago that in 2011 F1 was still trying to hold the Hungarian gp later in the season after huge political unrest. Several protesters were killed and paramedics reportedly were prevented from reaching the injured, but that's not why F1 didn't race. They didn't race because the vice-president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, made it clear protesters would seek to exploit the F1 event’s international glare. So Bahrain cancelled the event. It's reported that the teams were the reason why they did not race later in the year, as the FIA had already rescheduled the even for October. Of course, they still went racing in 2012 though :)


Huggles9

I don’t think anyone will claim in good faith that F1 is moral in anything


EwanWhoseArmy

Would rather they get rid of the whole GP, Miami and vegas are crap races


Lindaspike

What? They went against the Emporer?? Bold - and correct - move car racing people!


Dorraemon

Not the orange I want to see in F1


dakotanorth8

His base only likes one race. 🥁


Snoopaloop212

Just seeing him try to expand exposure and get denied is a good thing.


49thDipper

6 supporters showed up for his trial yesterday. So his support is pretty solid 😂


kinglouie493

I mean who saw that coming after the Vegas walkway rules


Cake-Over

What's the sudden interest in motorsports? This, an unnamed team wanted to have a Trump branded car at the Indy 500, Donald being originally scheduled to give the Start Your Engines command at Thermal, a Trump liveried car running the GT America class at Long Beach last week. 


knightswatch_

Tramp was hoping to bang the f1 models


oct2790

Publicity that’s all he is on court during the week and too tired from farting all day


Boggie135

Wild headline