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Thomas Bach: IOC god with a German diplomatic passport threatens the democratically elected German government

The IOC president announces that a German bid for the Olympics has no chance as long as Germany does not submit to the IOC demands and guarantee Vladimir Putin's state athletes full freedom of movement. The DOSB, just recently under SPD control, has already hired a former CDU politician.

,   and  Jens Weinreich
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"The God Complex: The Belief That One is God and the Resulting Character Traits": Buddies Walter Schneeloch, Thomas Bach, Rolf Müller, Volker Bouffier, Horst Seehofer. (Photo: DOSB)

If we are to believe the information provided by the German government, and if Thomas Bach has not voluntarily surrendered the last of his many diplomatic passports, then the 70-year-old IOC president, long-standing business lobbyist with numerous secret contracts and former FDP member, will continue to enjoy the many benefits of a German diplomatic passport until 17 August 2026. But perhaps Bach has already applied for and received one or more other passports. Who knows?

Transparency has never been a friend of the fencing master from tiny Tauberbischofsheim, who apparently suffers from a God complex.

In his work The God Complex: The Belief That One is God and the Resulting Character Traits, British psychoanalyst Ernest Jones analysed megalomaniacal fantasies such as the one that overcame Bach in an interview.

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