US Political situation - Any impact on Reading FC?

[Forbury Lion]

We have American owners, in fact Rob Coughig is listed on the internet as being a Republican (doesn't necessarily makes him pro-Trump).

Just wondering if this Greenland takeover/invasion/purchase talk and the tariff war and unconfirmed suggestion that Europe may sell their bonds and crash the Dollar sending the US into a recession might have some impact on the club...maybe bad, maybe good. Maybe Trump will block investment in the UK meaning we'll be in a similar situation to when the former owner couldn't get money out of China to pay the wages and Blackburn Rovers where the Venkys couldn't get money out of India.

Worth thinking about.

[Linden Jones' Tash]

Apparently, the plan is to fix the end of season vote so that Trump gets both Player of the Season and Young Player of the Season awards...

Oh and every golden gamble and Papa john's Pizza from now til the end of the season...

but even then, he will likely throw RC, TT and Reading FC under a bus...

If only we were still owned by the Dodgy Russian, we'd be fine now...

[RG30]

Rob Couhig hasn't got a pot to piss in so I doubt it will make any difference whatsoever.

[Silver Fox]

No

[Clyde1998]

In terms of getting money out of the United States: capital controls would completely collapse every major economy, so aren't going to happen.

From what I can think of: the only potential impacts could be changes to exchange rates and/or the money our investors have available to them. I doubt it will make a serious impact on the club at this stage though.

[The Royal Forester]

If our government is consistent (hard to imagine, I know) and Trump does invade Greenland then it will sanction the US as it did to Russia.. Then all American owners of British Football clubs will have to sell up. Can't see sanctions happening though.

[Snowflake Royal]

If our government is consistent (hard to imagine, I know) and Trump does invade Greenland then it will sanction the US as it did to Russia.. Then all American owners of British Football clubs will have to sell up. Can't see sanctions happening though.

If the US invades Greenland, finances are the last of anyone's problems as it may trigger WWIII given it obligates the rest of NATO to consider it an act of war on all of them.

In the case of invasion, doing nothing militarily signals weakness to Putin and carte blanche to invade the Baltics, whilst acting militarily puts NATO in a potential war on two fronts and emboldens Putin to invade the Baltics.

[Linden Jones' Tash]

I think the windmill next to the Mad Stad might just save us....

[rabidbee]

I think the windmill next to the Mad Stad might just save us....

Trump's just connected having windmills to losing - perhaps he has a point.

[Linden Jones' Tash]

Just don't tell him about the methane quietly percolating through the foundations of the Mad Stad....

[Lower West]

We have American owners, in fact Rob Coughig is listed on the internet as being a Republican (doesn't necessarily makes him pro-Trump).

Interesting times. Given the spotlight on anything or anyone connected to the USA at the current time. Goodwill can soon disappear to be replaced by outright negativity.

[South Coast Royal]

We have American owners, in fact Rob Coughig is listed on the internet as being a Republican (doesn't necessarily makes him pro-Trump).

Interesting times. Given the spotlight on anything or anyone connected to the USA at the current time. Goodwill can soon disappear to be replaced by outright negativity.

Should we boycotting or protesting at the Barnsley/Louisiana Day as a general protest against f*****g Yanks generally rather than having a false jolly good time ?

[Millsy]

jfc

[Forbury Lion]

We have American owners, in fact Rob Coughig is listed on the internet as being a Republican (doesn't necessarily makes him pro-Trump).

Interesting times. Given the spotlight on anything or anyone connected to the USA at the current time. Goodwill can soon disappear to be replaced by outright negativity.

Should we boycotting or protesting at the Barnsley/Louisiana Day as a general protest against f*****g Yanks generally rather than having a false jolly good time ?

I imagine we might see more Greenland flags at English football matches than we've ever seen, in other words more than zero. (excluding any internationals against Greenland)

[Sutekh]

KEEP POLITICS OUT OF FOOTBALL

[South Coast Royal]

KEEP POLITICS OUT OF FOOTBALL

Keep the Yanks out of Greenland or at least stop them from stealing it (and the natural resources that are barely mentioned under the smokescreen of "security").
I think it's a bit more than just politics and about how we feel about Yanks and the twat that they elected as their president.

What a shame that our knight in shining armour was one of the latest Yanks that now own our football clubs and , particularly in the Premier League, once here want to start changing the rules.

I am not full-on Brogue regarding the owner but am suspicious about his intentions-why on earth would an old boy with seemingly no great interest in football want to buy an English football club?
As Trump has shown, they like to appear as this benevolent nation wanting to help out the rest of the world when in fact what they really want is world domination and access to land and resources for their own benefit.

Sorry for the rant Sutekh in the wrong area of our board.

[South Coast Royal]

BTW I have decided to do my own personal one-off protest by staying away tomorrow.
It has nothing to do with my missus moaning about the chip on my windscreen and her fear that I will get killed when the screen caves in on the M3.

Anyway I will watch by streaming and the club already has my season ticket money but all this tosh about Louisiana Day I can now avoid.
I do so hate the Yanks, yes all of them at the moment, and "hate" is something that I so rarely feel or say about anything.

[Crusader Royal]

Interesting times. Given the spotlight on anything or anyone connected to the USA at the current time. Goodwill can soon disappear to be replaced by outright negativity.

Should we boycotting or protesting at the Barnsley/Louisiana Day as a general protest against f*****g Yanks generally rather than having a false jolly good time ?

I imagine we might see more Greenland flags at English football matches than we've ever seen, in other words more than zero. (excluding any internationals against Greenland)

Greenland is a member of CONIFA, and I’m pretty sure FIFA countries don’t play against CONIFA members.

[Pepe the Horseman]

BTW I have decided to do my own personal one-off protest by staying away tomorrow.
It has nothing to do with my missus moaning about the chip on my windscreen and her fear that I will get killed when the screen caves in on the M3.

Anyway I will watch by streaming and the club already has my season ticket money but all this tosh about Louisiana Day I can now avoid.
I do so hate the Yanks, yes all of them at the moment, and "hate" is something that I so rarely feel or say about anything.

Bruh

[Brogue]

BTW I have decided to do my own personal one-off protest by staying away tomorrow.
It has nothing to do with my missus moaning about the chip on my windscreen and her fear that I will get killed when the screen caves in on the M3.

Anyway I will watch by streaming and the club already has my season ticket money but all this tosh about Louisiana Day I can now avoid.
I do so hate the Yanks, yes all of them at the moment, and "hate" is something that I so rarely feel or say about anything.

Bruh

I heard one of the reasons the club got rid of fanatics doing the club merch is because they refused to make ‘make reading great again’ hat’s. As they thought it was clearly bringing politics in football and didn’t want any part of it. I haven’t seen the hats on sale yet since they brought it back on house but Todd wears them regularly. It’s this sort of thing that I wouldn’t want coming into the club. Not too fussed about Louisiana day. I don’t really care about the hats either. But what it will do is start causing a divide within our fan base I can see fights breaking out in the east stand for people wearing them. That’s the issue I have. I really hope we don’t start seeing stuff like that at the club