What did you guys think of the trophy?
What do you think of the trophy itself?
The hands were so creepy to me.
It's horrifying.
They made a trophy and put it in the microwave for like 30 seconds on high.
And then brought it out and was like, okay, now that we have a huge, huge trophy to give.
And Trump, particularly Trump likes hardware.
And FIFA knew that going in.
It was shining gold.
They need to give him something big and gold.
That was the main goal here.
Those are my colleagues, sports features writer Rick Mace and editor Thomas Floyd.
And we're talking about this unusual trophy that was presented at the World Cup draw ceremony at the Kennedy Center in Washington,
D.C.
this past Friday.
It wasn't a soccer trophy.
It was a special prize presented to Donald Trump.
Because the focus of this World Cup isn't just soccer.
It's also U.S.
politics.