Comment by lemoncookiechip

3 days ago

Unironically true. The average person could care less about following politics, but Europeans live football.

I think you misunderstood the emphasis there - yes Europeans love football.

The point is that it's so blatant for such little gain, it's still a game. I.e. if he is willing to do that so openly for such low stakes, imagine what he does behind closed doors when it matters.