For those who may be wondering how the U.S. could get thrashed by Belgium in the World Cup tournament, consider this:
On February 11, 1990, a 40-1 underdog named Buster Douglas defeated the heavyweight champion of the world, Mike Tyson, in one of the biggest upsets in sports history.
What do these two defeats have in common?
Sitting ringside during Tyson’s humiliation was his biggest supporter, Donald Trump.
As an American, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I am so glad and totally relieved we got creamed by Belgium. I feel bad for the players, but after what Trump did, we deserved it.
It was the only fair solution. The games can (somewhat) continue without the taint
Some of us were rooting for Iran because we knew a win would piss off Trump. Alas, they didn't, but they left gentlemanly notes in the locker room. If there is justice, Trump will be forced to read those notes aloud.
Absolutely! It was uncomfortable rooting for Belgium, but after tRump's intervention, I had a feeling the universe would work things out the way it was meant to be.
Regardless of the gross impropriety of what Trump and FIFA did, the fact remains that the red card was total BS (as was another red card given to the Brits in their match). The refs have been either very poor or very corrupt.
Whether the call was BS is unrelated: Trump's interference - and brazenly bragging about it - tainted everything.
Back when I was an assistant coach of 4th grade girls soccer, high school kids reffed the games. Once there was an atrocious call; all the girls went screaming to the coach who said: "You don't argue with the refs. Good call or not, you don't argue with the refs. Finish the game."
You're correct. However, my point was that the furor caused by Trump's interference masks another very serious problem. These refs need to be sanctioned themselves for atrocious (and perhaps politically motivated -- witness the yellow card given to Kane in a later match) calls. These calls have no place in the World Cup.
I noted elsewhere on Planet Substack that if Folarin Balogun didn't happen to be a highly skilled soccer player, he'd already be in ICE detention, if not a Salvadoran prison, birthright citizenship be damned.
Noem has taken a position with a mining company in British Columbia also. The owner is an American crony of DJT, if I’m remembering correctly. It probably has a connection to the attempts to get Alberta to secede from Canada. Whatever the reason, we can be assured it’s not ethical but it is self-serving.
Brilliant update as always Andy ! 😂Personally I couldn’t care less! I thought she rode off into the sunset with purse, blankie and Rolex ! ( sans Corey ! 😉) But I hope you have updated Cookie and Mousse so they can reassure their puppy friends ! The dogs of America certainly want to know ! 😂😂❤️
Everything Trump touches dies. He's like a bad luck charm. Look at what happened to the Knicks when he attended the game! He should have kept his trap shut and his hands off.
It all makes perfect sense! Once King Con puts his weight behind something, the scale breaks and everyone loses! Thanks for adding this nugget of history to our collection as our country rushes to its journey into the garbage disposal of idiocracy...
I think that the Good Lord is trying to tell us something. . .everything (you know who I am talking about with out saying his name) everything he gets close to turns out bad. And let's look at the weather - bad storms on July 4th! The record breaking heat makes me think that we may be getting turned over to the devil. Wake up Republicans!!
Trump is responsible for the US loss. Full stop. You don’t throw that kind of bad karma into the mix without subtly unsettling the focus of the team. They would have done better without their star player, a challenge they would have rallied around. Trump is such a fucking asshole. How did we get here?
It was rigged, I tell ya! I’m surprised Trump didn’t publicly denounce Mike Pence for not going on the field and telling the ref to reject Belgium’s goals!
Sad for US Team. However, if the U.S. had won, we would have had to listen to Trump brag that he was the reason the U.S. won. Thank you Belgium for saving us from that fate.
Unbelievable. Where do all these nutjobs come from? I hope many people were able to watch Rachel Maddow's 250th special the other night. It was fantastic. Her usual shredding of Trump was masterful and precise. Depressing, yes. Funny? Yes. Hopeful? Yes. We all have a job to do before our country falls like the Roman Empire imploded. Vote out any Republican and PRAY!
Where did the nut jobs come from? Teflon said he’d drain the swamp. What he didn’t tell us is that he planned on taking everything in the swamp and put them In His Cabinet.
If you want some fun, read Andy’s Profiles in Ignorance—too funny to read if you want to go to sleep and too erudite about the well of ignorance in the Republican Party to put down.
Every single person in the Trump administration is simultaneously a liar, a fool, unqualified, and a crook. Many are bigots. And that is why we lost the respect of intelligent people around the world. Chaos reigns, but it doesn’t work, never will. Mad man Trump.
Kristi needs to be ordered to wear a Cartier jewel encrusted ankle monitor and matching nose ring so that wild & domestic horses can be protected from further carnage.
Turns out that "giant sucking sound" you hear isn't Ross Perot's bugaboo about jobs going to Mexico but the sonic boom created by the lips of Pete Kegsbreath and Kristi Noem vacuum-clamped together over Donald Trump's ginormous ass.
Didn't Noem misplace her purse in a DC restaurant a while ago? Then she was dumb enough to tell the police that her purse contained $3000 in cash. There aren't too many things a person would need that kind of cash for these days.
There’s a corrective surgery for that. It’s called a craniorectoscopy. The doctor installs a window in the patient’s abdomen so he can see where he’s going.
In other news…
For those who may be wondering how the U.S. could get thrashed by Belgium in the World Cup tournament, consider this:
On February 11, 1990, a 40-1 underdog named Buster Douglas defeated the heavyweight champion of the world, Mike Tyson, in one of the biggest upsets in sports history.
What do these two defeats have in common?
Sitting ringside during Tyson’s humiliation was his biggest supporter, Donald Trump.
F 💩🤡! I'm SO glad Belgium beat us!
As an American, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I am so glad and totally relieved we got creamed by Belgium. I feel bad for the players, but after what Trump did, we deserved it.
It was the only fair solution. The games can (somewhat) continue without the taint
I have similar feelings about the “ war” with Iran.
Some of us were rooting for Iran because we knew a win would piss off Trump. Alas, they didn't, but they left gentlemanly notes in the locker room. If there is justice, Trump will be forced to read those notes aloud.
Absolutely! It was uncomfortable rooting for Belgium, but after tRump's intervention, I had a feeling the universe would work things out the way it was meant to be.
I feel exactly the same way.
Wholeheartedly agree with you.
Regardless of the gross impropriety of what Trump and FIFA did, the fact remains that the red card was total BS (as was another red card given to the Brits in their match). The refs have been either very poor or very corrupt.
Whether the call was BS is unrelated: Trump's interference - and brazenly bragging about it - tainted everything.
Back when I was an assistant coach of 4th grade girls soccer, high school kids reffed the games. Once there was an atrocious call; all the girls went screaming to the coach who said: "You don't argue with the refs. Good call or not, you don't argue with the refs. Finish the game."
You're correct. However, my point was that the furor caused by Trump's interference masks another very serious problem. These refs need to be sanctioned themselves for atrocious (and perhaps politically motivated -- witness the yellow card given to Kane in a later match) calls. These calls have no place in the World Cup.
Maybe so, but it's a matter for FIFA to deal with. Donald Trump had no business sticking his snotty nose into it.
I noted elsewhere on Planet Substack that if Folarin Balogun didn't happen to be a highly skilled soccer player, he'd already be in ICE detention, if not a Salvadoran prison, birthright citizenship be damned.
ETTD (everything tRump touches dies) syndrome
It's totally American to praise the winning team - good sportsmanship etc. And equally American to denounce the Orange Turd that stirred things up!
And Noem's new 'job' is nothing but a sop to keep her from writing a tell-all while tRump's second term plays out.
Noem has taken a position with a mining company in British Columbia also. The owner is an American crony of DJT, if I’m remembering correctly. It probably has a connection to the attempts to get Alberta to secede from Canada. Whatever the reason, we can be assured it’s not ethical but it is self-serving.
How can she be allowed to do that and be paid by our tax dollars!
How are any of them allowed to do what they do???
exactly!
So glad I don't have to see her face anymore. Perfect ambassador to Uzbekistan
She is scum.
Like on the reflecting pool?
YES!
Would love to watch her try to point out any of these countries on an unlabeled map.
Gotcha!
Another Profile in Ignorance!
Trump's actions actually embarrassed rather than helped the US soccer team, but yeah, GO BELGIUM!
The Team themselves could have had him sit out and not lap up the grift. That would have earned respect in many camps.
For all we know he may have offered to do that, but was overruled. It was a no-win for the US team, no matter what they did.
Brilliant update as always Andy ! 😂Personally I couldn’t care less! I thought she rode off into the sunset with purse, blankie and Rolex ! ( sans Corey ! 😉) But I hope you have updated Cookie and Mousse so they can reassure their puppy friends ! The dogs of America certainly want to know ! 😂😂❤️
well said!
yes, Pradnya, I hope America's dogs can sleep more peacefully tonight, knowing they won't meet the same fate as Cricket.
Belgian here.
As the saying goes.... "everything drump touches dies".... drump touched the US football team so my country, the "hellhole" Belgium, won.
I feel sorry for the US fans but I'm very glad drump got another plate of algae for breakfast.
I was so impressed by your team, Marc. They played brilliantly. Congratulations on a well-deserved win! Rooting for Belgium going forward! 🇧🇪
thank you, Marc - I hope the horrible orange man enjoyed his algae and waffles for breakfast :)
Everything Trump touches dies. He's like a bad luck charm. Look at what happened to the Knicks when he attended the game! He should have kept his trap shut and his hands off.
Lourdes -- The LAST things he'd ever do is keep his trap shut and his hands off. Not his M.O.
Don’t forget the Olympic Men’s Hockey Championship. He and Drunk Kash on the Dollar tainted the whole victory and damaged several reputations.
Drump needs his Walnut cracked for real!
The American team already lost when an actual supposed World leader butted in.
Everything he touches turns to shit.
Kiss of Death.
I'm just wondering if the US players felt just a little dirty after Trump tried to rig the game. Could this be why they lost 4-1?
I do feel bad for the American team; this is their life and they worked hard. Sadly, living in America these days is not without risks.
It all makes perfect sense! Once King Con puts his weight behind something, the scale breaks and everyone loses! Thanks for adding this nugget of history to our collection as our country rushes to its journey into the garbage disposal of idiocracy...
I think that the Good Lord is trying to tell us something. . .everything (you know who I am talking about with out saying his name) everything he gets close to turns out bad. And let's look at the weather - bad storms on July 4th! The record breaking heat makes me think that we may be getting turned over to the devil. Wake up Republicans!!
Buster Douglas' victory over Mike Tyson was an early indication of whatever Trump supports turns to crap. Should have been fair warning.
(We should convince DJT to root for my least favorite hockey team and then that would fix that team so good they'd become bad.)
I believe Andy had a recent post about tRump's race horse too . . . how many more animals have to die??!!
this classic live album begins with an appropriate banger:
https://youtu.be/Is_UwhTJm7o?si=IE3LDIiZKjOC3w7z
Trump is responsible for the US loss. Full stop. You don’t throw that kind of bad karma into the mix without subtly unsettling the focus of the team. They would have done better without their star player, a challenge they would have rallied around. Trump is such a fucking asshole. How did we get here?
Mitch McConnell . . . by the way, where/how is he?
It was rigged, I tell ya! I’m surprised Trump didn’t publicly denounce Mike Pence for not going on the field and telling the ref to reject Belgium’s goals!
ETTD – Everything tRump Touches Dies
ETTTTo S
Seems like it
I think the world competitors were thrilled over the loss, just because Trump interfered. Can’t say I blame them for it, either.
Suddenly, we were all Belgium fans.
Sad for US Team. However, if the U.S. had won, we would have had to listen to Trump brag that he was the reason the U.S. won. Thank you Belgium for saving us from that fate.
absolutely!
Right? And I don't even watch soccer.
I certainly was.
yup - and deservedly so!
We might have gracefully bowed out of the World Cup but, no, someone had to stick his ass into matters where it didn't belong.
I'm sure President Zelensky and Brad Raffensperger had nightmares over this one, but glad to be left out.
Agree
FIFA’s Prince of Peace strikes again!
Noem is now performing another B.S. job suitable for her grifting:
Since June: Canadian copper mining company NovaRed Mining announced it had hired Kristi Noem as their new face for corporate dealings.
We Canadians have protested this hire vociferously!
I saw this!
Just keep your puppies inside, whatever you do.
although I'd like to see a Krusti Gnome / Canadian Moose match-up
She has yet another new “face”?!
Corporate corruption
I thought she was on Trump's recently created Board of Peace... Did I misunderstand something?
Unbelievable. Where do all these nutjobs come from? I hope many people were able to watch Rachel Maddow's 250th special the other night. It was fantastic. Her usual shredding of Trump was masterful and precise. Depressing, yes. Funny? Yes. Hopeful? Yes. We all have a job to do before our country falls like the Roman Empire imploded. Vote out any Republican and PRAY!
Where did the nut jobs come from? Teflon said he’d drain the swamp. What he didn’t tell us is that he planned on taking everything in the swamp and put them In His Cabinet.
Hysterical 🚀 !
…a cabinet of tchotchkes. Thanks for the inspiration, AB.
And, he created a brand new swamp. Gawd helpuz awl...
he wanted to drain the swamp, but he only "succeeded" in adding a cesspool.
If you want some fun, read Andy’s Profiles in Ignorance—too funny to read if you want to go to sleep and too erudite about the well of ignorance in the Republican Party to put down.
Another example of 3T syndrome: Toxic Trump Touch.
Soon he'll be saying Balogun would've won the game if they'd let him use his hands -- totally unfair!
👏👏👏🤣🤣🤣
Only Trump could spoil the USMNT’s last game as only he can.
Agree
Every single person in the Trump administration is simultaneously a liar, a fool, unqualified, and a crook. Many are bigots. And that is why we lost the respect of intelligent people around the world. Chaos reigns, but it doesn’t work, never will. Mad man Trump.
Don't forget his family. Release the Trump-Epstein files!
Kristi needs to be ordered to wear a Cartier jewel encrusted ankle monitor and matching nose ring so that wild & domestic horses can be protected from further carnage.
Turns out that "giant sucking sound" you hear isn't Ross Perot's bugaboo about jobs going to Mexico but the sonic boom created by the lips of Pete Kegsbreath and Kristi Noem vacuum-clamped together over Donald Trump's ginormous ass.
Will be difficult to shake this jarring image from my frontal hate lobe.
Indeed!
Draw that!
omg, thank you for that auditory ear worm . . . now I have to go wash out my inner ears! lol
LOL, LOL! Thanks for that picture!
<snort laugh> . . . label them "Cartierr" and make them cubic zirconia.
Trump probably bet on Belgium.
that would be interesting to research!
Kristi who?
Never noticed that Crispy Gnome’s little suck-up to Orange Nero gives him a bigger head than the other four presidents on the mountain.
Somehow seems appropriate… in more than one way!
Just more and more winning. My head may explode.
Brilliant again
And thanks for updating us on the latest farce.
Excellent sarcasm as usual
Excerpt:
“Geography experts might note that out of those four “South American” countries, only two of them—Ecuador and Argentina—are located in South America.
In a perfect world, our first-ever “Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas – Western Hemisphere” would know which Americas are which.
But maybe that’s too much to ask.
After all, this is the same Kristi who had trouble locating her purse and her travel blankie.
Why should we expect her to know where Costa Rica is?”
Didn't Noem misplace her purse in a DC restaurant a while ago? Then she was dumb enough to tell the police that her purse contained $3000 in cash. There aren't too many things a person would need that kind of cash for these days.
Botox? Lip filler?
🤣
I think she has a rectal-cranium inversion.
There’s a corrective surgery for that. It’s called a craniorectoscopy. The doctor installs a window in the patient’s abdomen so he can see where he’s going.
I found this comment totally hilarious. Thanks!
<snort laughs> to Frank and Catt