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Mexican T.V. Station Uses Trump to Promote USA-MEX Soccer Game

Azteca TV has brilliantly cut and pasted various Trump speeches into a new speech which predicts the downfall of the US soccer team when they meet Mexico next month. "The American Dream... is dead", the squirrel-haired bloviator repeats again and again, as images of classic Mexican goals versus the USMNT are shown.

The game, which will be played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on October 10th, determines which nation will play in the Confederations Cup in 2017 in Russia. It could be considered a home game for Mexico, but will surely be one of the best soccer games played in the United States this year.

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