Today's News From The Weird(o)

 Well. I'm glad we cleared that up.

Here we thought the U.S. women's soccer team's semi-flameout in Tokyo -- they beat Australia to win the bronze last night, not what you'd expect from the world's dominant side -- was just age catching up with the roster, which happens. Turns out it was really because they're all Radical Leftist Maniacs who speak out about Radical Leftist Things, like equal pay for women and how persons of color shouldn't get shot to death for, I don't know, arguing a ticket or reaching for their licenses in a threatening manner. 

So says the Lunatic of Mar-a-Lago, anyway.

Our former Fearless Leader released a babbling rant about the USWNT, and, as usual when a political figure weighs in on sports, it was completely absurd. It was also borderline insane, that being Fearless Leader's general mental state these days.

Headlined "Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America," here's what F.L. had to say in its entirety:

If our soccer team, headed by a group of Leftist Maniacs, wasn't woke, they would have won the Gold Medal instead of the Bronze. Woke means you lose, everything that is woke goes bad, and our soccer team certainly has. There were, however, a few Patriots standing. Unfortunately, they need more than that respecting our Country and National Anthem. They should replace the wokesters with Patriots and start winning again. The woman with the purple hair played terribly and spends too much time thinking about Radical Left politics and not doing her job!

My goodness. Such impeachable logic.

OK, first off: What Donald J. Trump knows about soccer is less than the Blob knows about soccer, which is to say you couldn't find it under an electron microscope. So when he says "the woman with the purple hair" -- i.e., Megan Rapinoe -- "played terribly," you take it for what it's worth.

Which isn't much, considering Rapinoe scored two goals in the bronze medal game and scored the winning goal on a PK to get the U.S. past the Netherlands earlier in the tournament.

Second off: As with most things about which he bloviates, you'll always go broke betting Fearless Leader has any clue what "woke" means -- or, for that matter, "patriot". He only knows what he thinks they are.

Third off: Again with the dissing-America thing because some of the women chose to kneel in quiet contemplation during the National Anthem? Geez, get some new material, will ya?

And, just to reiterate, the Blob's rule again: Never let a politician talk sports. Embarrassment generally follows.