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Balotelli joins football community in slamming president-elect Trump

Eric Gaillard / Reuters

Mario Balotelli may be busy tearing up defences in Ligue 1 for OGC Nice right now, but he's still keeping up-to-date with news away from France.

And the charismatic striker's unimpressed with the election of Republican Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States:

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He's not alone in the players' union when it comes to backing defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, as Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany, the incessantly opinionated Joey Barton, and others weighed in on a historic juncture in U.S. politics.

Related: Soccer world reacts to Trump's election triumph

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