We Didn’t Believe In A Trump Curse… Until Last Night
Amy & T.J.
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🗓️ 7 July 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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It was a devastating, and yes, embarrassing loss for the U.S. Men last night as they faced off against Belgium in the round of 16 at the World Cup. We were the talk of the world for all the wrong reasons for most of the day and certainly in the hours leading up to the match. Many are now pointing to the added pressure from Trump, who placed a call to the FIFA president , which ultimately led to our star striker being allowed to play despite receiving a red card in the previous game. While having Flo Balogun on the field seemed like an advantage, turns out it wasn’t, and perhaps even shifted the team’s energy knowing the world was outraged by it. Some are pointing out several recent sporting events Trump has attended, that have resulted in losses, including Game 3 of the NBA Finals, where the Knicks lost their only game of the series.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:07.1 | It is Tuesday, July 7th, and the U.S. men's national team is out of the World Cup. |
| 0:14.7 | After all that and all that controversy, their World Cup ended in humiliating fashion. So what happened? The curse of |
| 0:25.1 | Trump strikes again. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Do you ever, |
| 0:30.7 | you think that's a real thing, the curse? The Trump curse, that when he endorses a team or goes to a |
| 0:36.5 | game, that team is going to lose. Yeah, I mean, I do think it's a thing that people consider. I've actually even considered myself a curse at times. Every time I showed up to a Georgia game for years, they lost. And my brother told me I wasn't allowed to come to a Georgia game again. I broke the curse eventually. So are they real? No, but do they feel real? |
| 0:57.6 | Yes, it feels real in the moment. And yes, he's an easy target at this point, given some recent |
| 1:04.8 | activity and results. Yeah, and this was a really terrible result. Broves, this was not just that they lost. We could |
| 1:12.6 | take a tough loss, a heartbreaking loss. This was a fairly devastating one, humiliating. You |
| 1:19.6 | could go as far as saying, and plenty are even going as far as using the word embarrassing. |
| 1:24.7 | Ah, yes. Look, we sat there and watched the entire game and never once. |
| 1:29.4 | For one second was it competitive, not even close. |
| 1:33.2 | And I think we, look, could it have been, we say the Trump curse, but could it have been |
| 1:38.0 | the pressure, the unbelievable pressure that was put on this team given it was all anybody was talking about yesterday, |
| 1:47.0 | and Trump had everything to do with it. |
| 1:49.0 | Oh, you're talking about added pressure. |
| 1:50.0 | Correct. |
| 1:51.0 | Right, already they've got pressure. |
| 1:52.0 | But now, think about the scrutiny and the fact that you know the world is seemingly against you in that moment. |
| 1:59.0 | Yes, I guess you could say that would ignite something |
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