Ex-President Trump shoots after World Cup against US kicker

2023-08-08 09:01:00

Ex-President Donald Trump and kicker Megan Rapinoe – both will probably no longer be friends. He has had a deep enmity with the striker for years.

Rapinoe missed a penalty at the United States’ World Cup defeat by Sweden. Trump wrote on the social media platform “Truth Social”: “Good shot Megan, the USA is going to hell. Several of the players are directly hostile to the United States.”

Leaving is the punishment, says Trump, who also makes a connection with his successor Joe Biden (80): “The shocking and completely unexpected defeat against Sweden is a symbol of what is happening to our country under the villain Joe Biden.”

Rapinoe and Trump have publicly attacked each other several times in recent years. When the United States became world champions in France in 2019, Rapinoe refused to sing the national anthem to take a stand against Trump’s policies. The openly homosexual US player criticizes, among other things, homophobic statements by the President. Rapinoe declined the mandatory visit to the White House after winning the title.

Now Rapinoe is ending her career with a bitter World Cup exit. For her, the game against Sweden was also the last big game of her career. “I’ve loved everything about my career and will miss it terribly, but it also feels like the right opportunity,” she says. “It’s a bit of black humor that I missed that penalty in that game. I joke too much at the wrong time so maybe it was karma.” Nevertheless, Rapinoe draws a satisfied conclusion. “I wish we had progressed, but that doesn’t detract from my career,” she says. “It’s difficult to be disappointed in any way. Of course at the moment it’s a shame to be eliminated from the World Cup, but overall I’m fine. I’m ready for it to end and I feel with that.”