Kylian "Mobutu" Mbappé: 'Les Bleus' embrace the trend at the World Cup

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Kylian "Mobutu" Mbappé: 'Les Bleus' embrace the trend at the World Cup
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#WorldCup2026: AI-generated videos of French captain Kylian #Mbappé dressed as a #dictator and giving orders to his teammates have taken over social media - a joke which the French team have embraced by nicknaming Mbappé "Mobut", in reference to the dictator #Mobutu Sese Seko.

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