Donald Trump cheers for elimination to the surprise USA women’s team from the current World Cup in Australia. A few hours after the match, which the star-striped team lost on penalties (5:4) to Sweden, the oligarch commented on the event on social networks.
And it does dust off your old enmity with Megan Rapino and take the opportunity to attribute guilt for the defeat and the process of “awakening” the country, carried out by the current administration in the White House.
The former president, in fact, refers to awakeningwhich means “keep your guard up”, a state of “awareness”, referring in particular to social issues such as racism and inequality.
Post by Donald Trump
“The shocking and completely unexpected defeat of the Swedish women’s national football team symbolizes what is happening to our once great nation. under Joe Biden’s business“Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Someone claims that the nation is “going to hell.” There was no shortage of direct attacks on female players: “many of them are open hostile to Americano country behaves like this, even remotely.”
“Good shot Megan“, he joked then, referring to the fact that Rapino, the captain of the team, who announced his retirement at the end of the year, did not convert the decisive penalty, which could have strengthened the hope of winning the World Cup for the third time in a row.
“Woke up means failure!“, – added the oligarch, referring to the fact that the 38-year-old girl is an icon of the LGBTQ+ world and in 2019 she refused to go to celebrate the victory in the World Cup at the White House when he was at the helm of the country.
Conservative attack on the women’s national team
Other notoriously conservative figures also lashed out at the team after the loss, saying the result was driven by the players’ values and their criticism of the United States.
“I delighted that they lostformer Fox News host Megyn Kelly said. “If you don’t support America, I won’t root for you.”
Although the reporter did not elaborate on how the US soccer team does not support America, it is possible that she meant comments that forward Megan Rapinoe he did after winning the world championship in 2019.
At the time, the captain told CNN, “America may be big right now for some people, but it’s not big enough for enough Americans around the world,” referring to the slogan. Make America Great Again (MAGA).
By refusing to meet the then-president if he won before the 2019 World Cup, the American football star drew the ire of Trump, who countered in a series of tweets that Rapino should have “win before you speak!and he was not to disrespect his country or his flag.
Megan Rapinoe, football activist
Megan defined herself:walking protester“, and many of his personal campaigns likely fall into the category of what Trump considers “awakened.” She is known for her commitment to social issues ranging from LGBTQ+ rights to racial inequality, gender and fair pay.
One of the first white professional athletes express solidarity with Colin Kaepernick’s silent protest against police brutality (against blacks, ed.) and the first to do so on the international stage. The player and her partner, WNBA star Sue Bird, were also the first openly gay couple to grace the cover of ESPN the Magazine’s Body Issue.
In 2022, President Biden presented her with an award. Presidential Medal for Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. In the keynote speech, the soccer star praised her role in bringing equal pay to the US women’s soccer team and her advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights.
“For almost 40 years, the US women’s soccer team has embodied the true meaning ofbe a champion. From lifting trophies to fighting for gender equality, these women have been an inspiration to Americans of all ages, including our own family,” the president said.