The United States women’s soccer team triumphed today taking the Women’s World Cup crown after defeating the Netherlands 2-0 for its second championship in a row and its fourth championship overall.
It didn’t take too long for politicians to tweet out their congratulations — but it took Donald Trump a couple of hours to say something on his favorite social media platform.
“Congratulations to the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team on winning the World Cup!” he tweeted. “Great and exciting play. America is proud of you all!”
The tweet comes after a very public feud between him and team member Megan Rapinoe who said she refused to visit the White House if they would win the World’s Cup.
Congratulations to the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team on winning the World Cup! Great and exciting play. America is proud of you all!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 7, 2019 [1]
Many others including Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton and even Melania Trump tweeted their congratulations to the U.S. Women’s soccer team as soon as the team won.
However, Melania tweeted congratulations to the wrong team, which was quickly called out on Twitter.
Congratulations to 2019 Women’s World Cup Champions @TeamUSA [2]! ⚽️🇺🇸
— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) July 7, 2019 [3]
Melania tweeted to the U.S. Olympic team, which goes by the handle @TeamUSA. The World Cup champions go by @USNWT.
Take a look at some of the best congrats:
Yes! Fourth star. Back to back. Congrats to the record breakers on the @USWNT [4], an incredible team that’s always pushing themselves—and the rest of us—to be even better. Love this team. #OneNationOneTeam [5]
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 7, 2019 [6]
So proud of you, Team USA—you inspire us all! #OneNationOneTeam [5] https://t.co/YEHzyqOwZa [7]
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) July 7, 2019 [8]
World champs—again!! To the amazing women of the #USWNT [9]: Thank you for playing like girls. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/GWlLR0nwcX [10]
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 7, 2019 [11]
And a big congrats to the World Champions! So very proud of the @USWNT [4] ! 🇺🇸
— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) July 7, 2019 [12]
Woo-hoo! Congratulations to the @USWNT [4] on their World Cup win. Your persistence on and off the field inspires girls and women everywhere to dream big, fight hard, and win. #FIFAWWC [13] #OneNationOneTeam [5]
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) July 7, 2019 [14]