New Jersey â and several other US cities â will host Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and other top tier Latin American countries for the 100th anniversary of the Copa América.
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TYC combined audio from one of Donald Trump’s monologues with highlights of Argentina’s players and fans from the 2015 Copa America and the 2014 FIFA World Cup to troll the United States and other potential opponents.
“Our country is in serious trouble!”. The billionaire real estate mogul has caused indignation south of the USA border with his views on immigration and promise to build a “great wall” along the Mexican border.
Trump’s comments are played over footage of South American soccer stars scoring goals in front of throngs of rabid fans.
With Barcelona superstar Leo Messi and his Argentinian teammates soon to be arriving in the U.S. for the start of this summer’s Copa America, the 45th edition of the tournament over the last 100 years, TyC Sports have combined clips of the national side and its legions of fans with Trump’s highly contentious rhetoric.
As Trump says, “We’re having people coming in through the border who are not people that we want”, Lionel Messi, Pablo Zabaleta and Javier Mascherano are pictured getting off the plane.
As the video continues with music building in the background, and Argentine players cutting through another team’s defense, you hear: “These are total killers”.
The U.S.is host nation for the Copa America Centenario tournament this June.
Argentina, which has not won the Copa America since 1993, is among the teams favored to win the tournament, as are Brazil and Chile.
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The TyC ad, in fact, concludes with a message in Spanish saying, “In truth, the best thing they could do is not to let us in”. Prior to a rivalry game between the United States and Mexico, a Mexican television stadium also used the presidential candidates “we never win anymore” line against him.
