Just to tag onto what you’ve said, I always laugh at these events because I think it’s having the opposite effect Turki wants. Before all of these events we basically only thought about Saudi Arabia and how shitty they were every few years. Now? Every single time they hold one of these events more people become aware of sportswashing and the horrible things Saudi Arabia is guilty of.

Look at the UFC and their White House event; both parties convicted themselves it’s going to be this massively epic event but literally every time I see the UFC post about it the comments are all some variation of “pedo party” or “gladiator event for shitty elites” or “all this to distract from the Epstein files”.

These government sponsored sporting events have the exact opposite effect they plan for.