Christian Pulisic has landed himself in scorching water after selecting to emulate US President-elect Donald Trump.
Pulisic – who scored the opening aim within the USMNT’s 4-2 win over Jamaica this week – copied the dance strikes coined by Trump throughout his profitable presidential election marketing campaign that may quickly see him re-elected on the White Home.
However the former Chelsea star has drawn enormous critics alongside fellow US team-mates, with FourFourTwo detailing why the 26-year-old might now be in a spot of hassle…
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After netting the USMNT’s opening aim of their victory, Pulisic ran in the direction of the nook flag to repeat the dance strikes seen by Trump all through his US election marketing campaign.
Normally seen dancing to Village Folks’s YMCA, the AC Milan winger was joined by Weston McKennie and Ricardo Pepi who additionally rapidly joined in. Following the full-time whistle, Pulisic defined why he selected to repeat Trump’s well-known dance and insisted there was no underlying political message.
What did Pulisic say on the matter?
Christian Pulisic has been a hit at AC Milan since his transfer from Chelsea (Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
“Properly, clearly that’s the Trump dance,” Pulisic stated. “It was only a dance that everybody’s doing. He’s the one who created it. I simply thought it was humorous.
“It’s not a political dance. It was only for enjoyable. I noticed a bunch of individuals do it and I assumed it was humorous, so I loved it. I hope some folks did, at the least.”
Pulisic has not spoken publicly about his particular political beliefs and has by no means publicly expressed his assist for Trump or another candidate for that matter.
Due to this fact, there stays some thriller as to why he selected to take action. Trump did declare the state of Pennsylvania, nonetheless, the place Pulisic was born and raised.
Ought to Pulisic be anxious in regards to the backlash?
It goes with out saying that Trump’s presidential success has been marred with controversy given his views on abortion, immigration and same-sex marriage legal guidelines.
An assassination try was additionally made towards the 78-year-old earlier this yr, proving he nonetheless has critics, to say the very least.
The USSF has not responded publicly to Pulisic’s celebration, although it minimize the dance from the clips of his aim shared on its social media channels.
