The Belgian team had something to say after winning over the US in a knockout round. It was very humiliating for us, because we lost 4-1. However, our *team* are good guys. They didn’t want Trump to interfere. Not our fault he talked to FIFA to overturn a red card on one of our best members. We were embarrassed by Trump. That means the entire country. To cheer us up from that, here is some news about the Belgian team. With gratitude to Raw Story:
What likely would have been an ordinary World Cup match between the United States and Belgium on Monday turned into a politically charged flashpoint after President Donald Trump meddled in last week’s game, and following a lopsided win, the Belgium team sent Trump a message that left onlookers stunned. Trump and his inner circle pressed FIFA officials last week to review a one-game suspension issued to one of the United States’ star players, a petition that ultimately proved successful after the penalty was overturned. However, Monday night’s match proved disastrous for the United States, which was defeated 4-1 and eliminated from progressing in the tournament.
No pressure on the team, not at all. Wimp here. They had a good streak going until Trump meddled with the penalty and brought the attention of the world squarely down on the team and Trump. He’s already known to have started the war with Iran. Now he’s sticking his fingers into something in FIFA, which is worldwide, and making us look horrible. But there’s still something good to come for us from another country.
Not long after Belgium’s fourth goal in the match, its national team – the Belgian Red Devils – issued a brutal two-word message directed squarely at Trump. “Overturn this,” reads a social media post from the Belgian Red Devils’ X account, a post that was seen more than 5.5 million times as of 7 a.m. ET. Despite the United States’ defeat, a number of American critics gave Belgium credit for the blistering rebuke. “They cooked with this one. I’m sorry,” wrote Kevin Fredericks, a comedian and actor, in a social media post on X to his more than 463,000 followers.
Thank you, Belgium! Thank you, Mr. Fredericks! That’s definitely something to hold on to. “Overturn this”. About fell out of my chair laughing. We all may wish we could do something like that. We know Trump is going to brag and think this was a wonderful thing for him. He won’t understand it’s an insult, and that’s almost the best part!
Franklin Leonard, a California-based film producer, argued that the United States had “rightly” become a “laughingstock” amid Trump’s FIFA World Cup meddling, and Joe Denton, a popular UK-based streamer and content creator who’s amassed more than 100 million views, stated that “today, I feel Belgian.” //// Journalist and former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan offered a more solemn take on the Belgian Red Devils’ rebuke of Trump. “Thanks, Donald Trump for allowing the rest of the world to mock our football team because you couldn’t stop ruining everything you stick your nose into,” Hasan wrote in a social media post on X.
Cihan Çelik, a German physician, concurred with Hasan’s solemn assessment. “Up until Trump’s intervention, this World Cup was a success story for the USA, including in terms of sympathy for the US team,” Çelik wrote in a social media post on X to his more than 37,000 followers, according to an automatic translation from German. “Now it ends with a sporting humiliation that is drawing mockery worldwide. Remarkable how consistently Trump damages everything he touches.”
Geee, ya *think*? Someone else has finally figured it out! It took them long enough. E.T.T.D., kiddies. All his screw-ups have shown up in the news. Remember, Xitter is actually worldwide. Anyone could find the stupid things he’s done even using a basic, quick search. Moving on, congrats to the team and their games. They certainly tried. It’s done. The tournament is nearly done (booo). Hoping this column is okay. Not feeling well.
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