As read by ORF on the broadcast right now, McLaren PR has reached out to media with a statement that they did not invite Donald Trump into their garage.

Trump came for an unannounced visit shortly before the start of the Miami GP.

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    6 months ago

    Throwing out / denying access to a civilian is not “causing an international incident”.

    Just as their PR can write up a calm statement why he was allowed, they could have come up with a calm statement why he wasn’t.

    Sports was never and will never be not political. See your Putin example, or the last world cup, or the taking a knee protests,…

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      The fuck you mean sports isn’t political? So I guess saying the national anthem while having jets flying above isn’t political…

      The Olympics deciding who can and can’t compete based on what their countries government is doing isn’t political…

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        Maybe you read that sentence again:

        Sports was never and will never be not political.