President Donald Trump speaks alongside the FIFA World Cup Winners Trophy successful the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
President Donald Trump‘s involution successful the World Cup — coupled with the U.S. Men’s National Team’s elimination from the tourney — has convinced sports fans the commandant successful main is thing but a jinx.
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The operation “Trump curse” flooded societal media Tuesday aft the USMNT was booted from the tourney by Belgium in a humiliating 4-1 nonaccomplishment successful Seattle.
The nonaccomplishment came aft Trump openly bragged astir calling FIFA President Gianni Infantino successful an yet palmy bid to overturn a reddish paper that would person kept USMNT striker Folarin Balogun retired of the Round of 16.
The Belgium squad adjacent trolled the US by doing the “Trump dance” connected the transportation aft the contest.
“Maybe Trump tin telephone FIFA and inquire them to find 4 much goals,” one X idiosyncratic quipped.
The USMNT nonaccomplishment came conscionable a period aft Trump made the travel to Madison Square Garden to spot the New York Knicks successful Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the team’s lone playoff loss.
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The presence of the president successful New York City sparked monolithic information protocols, unopen down streets successful engaged Midtown, and canceled a planned ticker party.
He was past accused of falling dormant during the game. The Knicks ended up falling to the San Antonio Spurs 115-111, snapping a 13-game, 46-day winning streak.
Merciless societal media users, including lawyer and predominant Trump professional Ron Filipkowski, were speedy to blasted Trump for the United States’ defeat.
Others were much direct:
“He attended 1 Knicks crippled and they ended up losing their historical 13-win playoff streak. helium calls FIFA to overturn Balogun’s one-game prohibition and squad USA inactive loses and gets eliminated. i’m telling y’all the trump curse is REAL!!!” another X instrumentality wrote.
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“Trump stuck his chemoreceptor successful wherever it didn’t belong. It made the satellite hatred america adjacent much than they already do, and emboldened Belgium. I privation the US had won and I person to wonderment if we would have, if Trump had not interfered. ETTD: Everything Trump touches dies,” another wrote.
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