Ron Filipkowski: So now millions of football fans around the world view the US as cheaters who used political corruption

[highplainsdem]

to influence FIFA and we lose anyway. So much winning. When’s the next war?

So now millions of football fans around the world view the US as cheaters who used political corruption to influence FIFA and we lose anyway. So much winning. When’s the next war?

— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-07-07T02:04:51.351Z

[wcmagumba]

1. My thoughts exactly, thanks a lot orange sicko...

[ForeGoneLegsBirne]

15. Ahhhhh...Sportsmanship, like ALL other ennobling values, is overrated!

[canetoad]

18. No it is not. nt

[Johnny2X2X]

2. They already viewed us as that

Trump is totally corrupt.

[SheltieLover]

3. Another kraznov mission accomplished

[W_HAMILTON]

4. #ETTD

[Takket]

5. pretty sure this changed absolutely nothing about how the world perceives the USA and/or drumpf.

which is not a good thing lol our reputation is already trash.

[edbermac]

6. I bet Donald would love this cartoon.

Link to tweet

[Johonny]

7. Given they got blown out

It will be just a punchline anyway.

[Initech]

8. The fucking asshole and the FIFA guy completely destroyed any credibility the USMNT had.

We can't have nice things in this country.

[multigraincracker]

9. Are we great again yet?

[DinahMoeHum]

12. They're not the South American teams,

that's for sure.

Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina made soccer "the beautiful game" in decades past.

[biocube]

11. FIFA can review suspensions after games...

we're not getting any special treatment here.

[displacedvermoter]

27. Can they also review ass kickings

like Belgium dished out...?

[Justice matters.]

13. They remember what Mussolini did.

Looks like American magats never learned that history, let alone remember it.

[RockRaven]

14. They don't just view us that way. That is what we are, now.

[dawn5651]

16. wasnt the team who cheated it was krasnov and the head of fifa

that being said i dont believe the player who got the red card should have stepped on the pitch

[Iggo]

17. I don't believe he should have been allowed to.

But he’s a top level athlete. If they let him play, he has to play. I don’t blame him for that.

But they shouldn’t have let him play.

[Random Boomer]

19. Who is they?

Was he required to play if FIFA removes the red card? Or did his team feel they "had" to play him to have any hope of winning?

Because to my mind, the only way the team could fight back against Trump's interference -- in a way that would maintain their integrity to the rest of the world -- would have been to keep that player off the field. Now, they are forever saddled with that appearance of favoritism and corruption. Even if it wasn't their fault this happened, they still allowed the perception of impropriety to persist.

I rooted for Belgium. Their loss was the only graceful way out.

[Iggo]

20. FIFA. (n/t)

[rampartd]

25. boomer for the win

this player, and his coaches, know the rules.

sportsmanship requires everyone shake hands and tell the other guys "good game."

are the back up players so much worse than this guy? even so. it is a game.

[C Moon]

21. During the bush regime II (his 2nd stint), I was in Pasadena, California.

It was a busy shopping area, in the evening.
There was a tall young man with a friend standing against a wall in front of the Apple store, they were people watching.
As I walked past, I heard him say to his friend (in I believe a French accent), "Stupid Americans."

So, it's been going on for some time.

[progressoid]

22. Well its not as if FIFA is a bastion of moral integrity either.

[DFW]

23. Fear not, it's nothing of the sort

Here in EU-land, anyway, people are perfectly capable of distinguishing between thinking Americans and Trumpanzees.

[rampartd]

24. disgraced fifa as well

though the peace prize was enough for me.

congrats to belgium and to all the great teams trying to play by the rules, practice sportsmanship, and maybe get some endorsement cash.

[no_hypocrisy]

26. Enduring Corruption.

I wouldn't be surprised if Trump bets on a certain team/country and calls Infantino to make sure it happens.

[ColoringFool]

29. Argentina doesn't need his "help." 🏆⚽️🏆

[ColoringFool]

28. They'd have been correct even had we won. Especially had we.