Social media users have used AI to react to the US president's mediation with FIFA to review the sanctions imposed on the American goal scorer in the most recent match

As you may have heard, the US has been officially knocked out of the World Cup after a brutal, nasty 4-1 loss to Belgium. As you also probably know, this loss was after Trump reportedly called FIFA's head to get a red card overturned.

A 1997 Simpsons clip resurfaces online, fueling claims it predicted the FIFA World Cup 2026 final despite fact-checkers rejecting the theory

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Many people think The Simpsons predicted the World Cup 2026 winner, with the speculation originating from a scene in a 1997 episode titled "The Cartridge Family"

Their advance to the quarter-finals has brought a rare moment of national joy and unity

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