Belgian national team mocks U.S., Trump after World Cup win

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

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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.

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“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.”

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1. The Belgium team kept trolling Donald Trump in their locker room after defeating the US team

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2. It's not the TEAM'S fault Shitler is what he is

or that he did what he did, and I think it reflects badly on Belgium that they were trolling the team. Now if you say they were trolling Shitler, that's a whole different thing. I do think it affected the team, maybe in the sense that "everything he touches dies" or maybe that they were ashamed, It certainly seems to have affected Balogun, who I don't think played well at all.