A wise and skillful leader can use magnanimity to inspire constructive cooperation even among former opponents.
A nation for example can host an international competition to showcase its own maturity, competence.
A weak and nefarious leader can pretend to magnanimity at the onset, then switch to peevish malice against his invitees.
Trump has made himself a world-class fool by arranging his own defeat and humiliation at the hands of the Iranians.
The following headlines suggests Trump's actual perspective.
Iran World Cup team forced to leave US after tournament opener in apparent change of plans
Coach Amir Ghalenoei called the situation 'very strange' and said his team is 'the most oppressed in the World Cup'
By
Ryan Morik Fox News
Published
June 16, 2026 2:47pm EDT
Iran's World Cup soccer team was ordered to leave the U.S. immediately after its opening match, says coach Amir Ghalenoei, disrupting recovery plans.
www.foxnews.com
An exception?
It might seem to be. How to explain the following?
Uruguay's World Cup team faces security hurdle in US
Story by Hugh Cameron
The Uruguay men’s team appeared to face another security hurdle when arriving in Miami for their opening match of the FIFA World Cup, having already had their flight from Mexico to the U.S. severely delayed by apparent paperwork issues.
A video, which made its way onto social media on Monday, purported to show the team held outside their bus—as they were preparing to take on
Saudi Arabia at Miami Stadium—while security officers and sniffer dogs carefully inspect their luggage.
President Trump seems to have the temperament of a impetuous school girl.