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Belgium players did the 'Trump dance" after beating the USA team 4-1. (Original Post) riversedge Tuesday OP
Will shithole yell on his social platform about this?..................... Lovie777 Tuesday #1
No, he won't complain Mossfern Tuesday #4
Yes, I think so PatSeg Tuesday #31
Not all art is done on a canvas NightWatcher Tuesday #2
"hanged"... littlemissmartypants Tuesday #15
Ha ha, love it. Xavier Breath Tuesday #3
He will probably sue Belgium. Or invade it. Raftergirl Tuesday #5
He'll attack it, once he figures out where it is underpants Tuesday #13
"It's in Africa." The Madcap Tuesday #21
Here is better photo of Belgium mocking the "Trump dance"................ riversedge Tuesday #6
Mock well. Mock hard. Mock often. C_U_L8R Tuesday #7
US was truly high on its own supply re: USMNT Prairie Gates Tuesday #8
Nobody on Fox ever mentioned it, but the USA team was lucky to even be there FakeNoose Tuesday #24
"From now on the stadiums will be half empty because the USA team is out of it" Prairie Gates Tuesday #26
Completely packed stadium in Atlanta for Argentina - Egypt Prairie Gates Tuesday #37
I thought they looked dispirited Bobstandard Tuesday #9
This game was brutal to watch SSJVegeta Tuesday #10
LOL malaise Tuesday #11
Perfect. dalton99a Tuesday #12
Belgian national team mocks U.S., Trump after World Cup win LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #14
I have Xitter blocked so I can't see the post mdbl Tuesday #16
I hope he doesn't declare war on Belgium after this. BComplex Tuesday #17
Sports is fun! Iggo Tuesday #18
He'll be upset that wcollar Tuesday #19
I don't think they fully captured the true skin-crawling goofiness of the actual Trump Dance. sop Tuesday #28
eh, I don't know if I'd call that a "dance" NJCher Tuesday #20
Most people don't have two exits for solid bodily waste. The Madcap Tuesday #22
Um, Maru Kitteh Tuesday #39
Sorry bout that. The Madcap Tuesday #42
Some have called it "milking giraffes" DinahMoeHum Tuesday #23
Also YMCA is one of a handful of songs that have universally recognised movements associated with them. meadowlander Tuesday #43
I feel really sorry popsdenver Tuesday #25
I think participation trophies are OK up to about age 8. 3catwoman3 Tuesday #35
FIFA Is A Sports Autocracy 2na fisherman Tuesday #27
Trump touched the USA soccer team. gordianot Tuesday #29
Didn't Belgium give trump a huge expensive ring? Srkdqltr Tuesday #30
A huge, expensive... 3catwoman3 Tuesday #36
Thank you Belgium players, and up yours trump. republianmushroom Tuesday #32
Poor and controversial officiating has been a part of sports as long as there have been sports. It's a part of the game ToxMarz Tuesday #33
Nah.... just some lame influencer trying to make the connection Chakaconcarne Tuesday #34
There's literally video of them doing it in the locker room to YMCA Prairie Gates Tuesday #44
That's not the trump dance senseandsensibility Tuesday #38
The video of them in the locker room mocking him is even better tishaLA Tuesday #40
Yeah, the hubby showed me that one earlier senseandsensibility Tuesday #41

Lovie777

(24,701 posts)
1. Will shithole yell on his social platform about this?.....................
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 09:12 AM
Tuesday

seems like everything shithole touches - gets fucked.

US is being destroyed by him and the republican party.

PatSeg

(54,212 posts)
31. Yes, I think so
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 12:02 PM
Tuesday

He apparently has no idea how goofy he looks, being he keeps doing it.

NightWatcher

(39,400 posts)
2. Not all art is done on a canvas
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 09:14 AM
Tuesday

But had they thought to shit themselves as they were dancing, their uniforms should've hanged in the Louvre

Prairie Gates

(8,757 posts)
8. US was truly high on its own supply re: USMNT
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 09:34 AM
Tuesday

So many Americans bet on the USMNT to win last night that it moved the odds to even (a coin toss) or even a slight US favorite. That's completely absurd. Anybody with the slightest soccer knowledge cleaned up, as did the book.

The commentary by the Fox announcers before the game was similarly ludicrous. Zlatan couldn't help shaking his head at some of Alexi Lalas' proclamations. When Lalas declared once again that the US was greedy (he has been running a clownish "Greed is Good" trope throughout the Cup broadcasts) poor Thierry Henry truly looked like he was questioning his life decisions to appear on a stage with this moron. Dempsey dutifully stated that the US could win, but Dempsey grew up with real ones and couldn't quite pull off the lie: wry smile.

The US was lucky not to lose worse than they did. Belgium sat one of its stars (Kevin DeBruyne) for the entire game, mocking the US whining over Balogun's suspension. It sat Romalu Lukaku most of the game, though he came on to score the fourth goal against a defeated US squad. Both those decisions can be put down to age: De Bruyne and Lukaku are both later career and need the rest. That can't be said for superstar Jeremy Doku, who also sat the start the game, coming on in the 65th minute.

Even with those players sitting, Belgium easily outclassed the US team. Christian Pulisic - who the Fox crew said should have a strong game - was undressed by the Belgian midfielders, losing the dribble multiple times in the first 20 minutes. Balogun was nowhere, apart from a few second half chances, including a completely squandered moment when his Belgian defender missed the ball and fell, putting Balogun through on goal. He tamely played it directly into the Belgian goalkeeper. Tillman played well, but was kept in check wherever he drifted. Every US attempt to move in the final third seemed to be stymied by Youri Tielemans and Leandro Troussard, who seemed to be playing without expending too much effort. In the end, the US frustration started to show: nasty fouls by Robinson and a few by Tyler Adams (both of whom will pay for them in the Prem next year) drew little more than smiles from the Belgians, who knew they were dealing with a sad and beaten squad.

It was men against boys out there again for the USMNT.

FakeNoose

(43,276 posts)
24. Nobody on Fox ever mentioned it, but the USA team was lucky to even be there
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 11:43 AM
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FIFA doesn't care, they cleaned up with all the tickets they sold to the American fans.
From now on the stadiums will be half empty because the USA team is out of it.

Bobstandard

(2,457 posts)
9. I thought they looked dispirited
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 09:37 AM
Tuesday

Knowing a win would come with a Trump supplied asterisk couldn’t have helped.

LetMyPeopleVote

(184,634 posts)
14. Belgian national team mocks U.S., Trump after World Cup win
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 10:48 AM
Tuesday

An X post from the Belgian side reading “overturn this” circulated Monday night.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/07/07/belgian-national-team-mocks-us-trump-after-world-cup-win/

First came the beatdown. Then came the mocking.

After Belgium throttled the United States 4-1 in the World Cup Round of 16 on Monday night, the Belgians had even more fun at the Americans’ expense, mostly zeroing in on the saga of U.S. striker Folarin Balogun.

His one-game suspension for the red card he received in the Round of 32 was lifted by FIFA on Sunday, after President Donald Trump requested a review from the governing body. The soccer world, and especially Belgium, responded with fury, accusing FIFA of placating Trump.

Thus, after the win, the Belgian national team’s X account posted a photo of the team’s fourth goal marked with the message “Overturn this.” Similarly, after that goal, many of Belgium’s players did the “Trump dance,” swaying their hips and rocking their hands back and forth.



“A lot has happened off the pitch over the last two days,” Belgium midfielder Nicolas Raskin said after the game. “There was a sense of injustice within the squad, and we were determined to respond on the field.”

BComplex

(10,079 posts)
17. I hope he doesn't declare war on Belgium after this.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 11:20 AM
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No telling what else this maniac is going to do, and NO REPUBLICANS are going to stop him from any of this shit.

Republicans are responsible for ALL of this mess. Not trump! He couldn't have done this without REPUBLICAN complicity.

sop

(20,065 posts)
28. I don't think they fully captured the true skin-crawling goofiness of the actual Trump Dance.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 11:56 AM
Tuesday

Their arms weren't high enough, they looked more like Chubby Checker doing the twist.

NJCher

(43,896 posts)
20. eh, I don't know if I'd call that a "dance"
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 11:26 AM
Tuesday

I call it the Tiny Fist Shake when he does it. Anyone without an imagination can do it. The hard part is getting your face to look as stupid as his.

Maru Kitteh

(32,154 posts)
39. Um,
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 04:05 PM
Tuesday

Last edited Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:10 PM - Edit history (1)

What? I would simply refer you to a chart of the gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems.

meadowlander

(5,210 posts)
43. Also YMCA is one of a handful of songs that have universally recognised movements associated with them.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 04:53 PM
Tuesday

So why pick YMCA as your theme and not even try to do them?

popsdenver

(2,894 posts)
25. I feel really sorry
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 11:43 AM
Tuesday

for the U.S. Soccer Team to have to put up with all this horrendous amount of shit, just because of that pathetic, infantile, poopy pants, shit head.....

I can only imagine that this time around...... Trump's totally corrupted butt buddies at FIFA will have to give him a two foot tall, solid gold, "Participation" trophy for the oval office............
I would bet Mr. Poopy Pants has a whole room full of "Participation" trophies that he has collected since childhood.......

( BTW: I can't begin to tell you how much I am against all these kids "Participation Trophies" they get in almost everything).

3catwoman3

(30,360 posts)
35. I think participation trophies are OK up to about age 8.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 01:17 PM
Tuesday

Many's the time in the pediatric office I'd have to suppress an eye roll when I'd hear a parent praise a baby for burping.

2na fisherman

(408 posts)
27. FIFA Is A Sports Autocracy
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 11:49 AM
Tuesday

The game itself is beautiful in its simplicity and action and I have enjoyed watching many of the WC matches. But the corrupt politics injected into the game and its treatment of players has me thinking about ignoring the next one and others if the current FIFA regime is still in charge. I have concerns about the NFL too as they are also ruled by elites. I wish the players would have more active standing in the governance of their sport.

ToxMarz

(3,218 posts)
33. Poor and controversial officiating has been a part of sports as long as there have been sports. It's a part of the game
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 12:17 PM
Tuesday

Sometimes the refereeing is more memorable then the actual game. These aren't life and death world changing activites, it's supposed to be entertainment. If Trump had stayed out of it, USA would forever be know for having this game stolen from them by a poor call of a referee. Their loss would have gone down in history and be memorable. "But for that bad man (referee) they surely would have won the entire World Cup!" Trump and fans would say.

Now, they're just losers. They choked. Bye. Go home.

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