Trump slams ‘woke’ US women’s football team after World Cup exit

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WASHINGTON – Former US president Donald Trump took a swipe at his country’s women’s football team on Sunday evening after they

“Many of our players were openly hostile to America. No other country behaved in such a manner, or even close. Woke equals failure,” he wrote.

The 38-year-old, a central part of the US team that won the 2015 and 2019 World Cups, as well as Olympic gold in 2012, is at the tournament for theShe was a key voice in the team’s battle with the US federation for equal pay and conditions and remains an unflinching advocate on racial equality, as well as issues affecting women and the LGBTQ community.

 

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