Former USMNT keeper and NBC Sports soccer analyst Tim Howard isn’t holding back in his response to U.S. star Christian Pulisic’s Donald Trump-inspired goal celebration this week in a Nations League win over Jamaica.
After Pulisic joined Nick Bosa, Jon Jones and Brock Bowers in doing the celebration, mimed after Trump’s goofy old man dance moves, Howard responded with a column in The Daily Mail.
Christian Pulisic wasn’t the only USMNT player that hit the Trump dance after his goal against Jamaica.
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TIM HOWARD: My message to Christian Pulisic, Nick Bosa, Jon Jones and anyone doing the Donald Trump dance
Here’s my personal view: doing a dance that mimics Donald Trump is stupid. Why? Because, whether it’s the president of the United States or my neighbor down the street, I would never back someone who I believe is racist. I wouldn’t glorify that. I wouldn’t do it for anything.
If someone feels strongly the other way, no problem. But if you’re going to make a political statement then be bold and brash enough to stand behind it. Don’t go quiet and don’t plead innocence like Christian Pulisic.
The USMNT star became the latest athlete to perform the Trump dance after scoring against Jamaica this week. He later insisted: ‘It’s not a political dance. It was just for fun. I saw a bunch of people do it and I thought it was funny.’
I don’t buy that. Any show of support for Donald Trump is political. But Pulisic is not alone here, by the way.
