World Cup 2026: Internet revels in Belgium's crushing of USA Submitted by Imene Guiza on Tue, 07/07/2026 - 12:00 From jokes about calls from the White House to viral Trump memes, the elimination of the US became one of the internet's favourite moments of the World Cup Belgium's Romelu Lukaku celebrates scoring his team's fourth goal during the Fifa World Cup 2026 Round of 16 match between USA and Belgium at Seattle Stadium on 6 July 2026 in Seattle, Washington (Jamie Squire/Getty Images/AFP) Off Belgium beat the United States 4-1 on Monday, knocking out the World Cup host at the last 16 stage, and unleashing a torrent of jokes across social media.  Just 24 hours earlier, Fifa had been engulfed in criticism  for delaying USA striker Folarin Balogun's automatic one-match suspension for receiving a red card following intervention from President Donald Trump. The global football body has insisted that the decision to delay Balogun’s suspension was made independently , and was not due to phone calls from Washington.  That did not stop social media users from seizing on Belgium's victory and mocking the Stars and Stripes' loss in memes and jokes declaring that " not even Trump " could save the tournament hosts. Even before kick-off, Belgian television poked fun at the controversy.