The US Women’s National Soccer Team captain calls herself a ‘walking protest’ of the Trump administration, and has gotten under the president’s skin.
By Jordan Julian | Daily Beast
At least one person will not be watching this Friday’s World Cup quarterfinal face-off between the U.S. and France. On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump unleashed a tweetstorm targeted at Megan Rapinoe, captain of the U.S. women’s national soccer team, after a video surfaced of the athlete saying she’s “not going to the fucking White House” if the team wins the championship. Rapinoe added that she didn’t believe the women’s team would be invited to the White House anyway. The video went viral after being posted by soccer magazine Eight by Eight.
Trump was quick to respond, launching into a Twitter rant that began with Rapinoe’s comments and quickly veered into a parenthetical list of his own supposed political accomplishments, with a dig at the NBA tossed in for good measure. He circled back to Rapinoe, saying that he is a big fan of women’s soccer, but that her comments about being invited to the White House were presumptuous. “Megan should WIN first before she TALKS!” he tweet-yelled. “Finish the job!” He took the opportunity to extend his official invitation to the whole team, “win or lose.”
