Dell Technologies Chairman and CEO Michael Dell and his wife Susan Dell listen to US President Donald Trump speak at the launch of Trump investment accounts in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 6, 2026. Photo: MANDEL NGAN / AFP
United States President, Donald Trump, has said he would consider a defeat to Belgium in the World Cup Round of 16 “rigged,” comparing it to his claims about the 2020 US presidential election.
Trump made the remark while addressing the controversy trailing the US team’s build-up to Monday’s clash in Seattle, at an Oval Office event in Washington to mark the launch of “Trump Accounts,” an investment scheme for children.
He said, “This game would have a big mark on it. If we lost, if we won, no matter what happened, you have to let them use their best players. And the game tonight’s gonna be amazing, and we’re gonna have a full team, and Belgium’s gonna have a full team.
“And you know what? If they beat us, then they can be really proud. The other way, if they beat us, we’ll say it was, I say it was rigged, just like the election was rigged in 2020, but I won’t get into that.”
