{"id":178143,"date":"2025-09-29T17:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/178143\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T17:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:01:07","slug":"rory-mcilroy-team-europe-stars-troll-trump-after-ryder-cup-win-potus-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/178143\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy, Team Europe Stars Troll Trump After Ryder Cup Win, POTUS Responds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Ryder Cup<br \/>\n                          Team Europe Trolls Trump After Win<br \/>\n                          &#8230; POTUS Responds!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published September 29, 2025 7:40 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250929_65aa4aad2e754d5399f13399a251a807\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e5bf1536-0457-4ec9-aa14-ce5d6d4b366f\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/65aa4aad2e754d5399f13399a251a807_md.jpg\" alt=\"donald trump europe ryder cup champs getty x 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/rory-mcilroy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rory McIlroy<\/a> and the rest of Team Europe taunted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> after their big Ryder Cup win over America &#8230; but in surprising fashion, POTUS ended up taking the high road.<\/p>\n<p>Just after Team USA couldn&#8217;t complete its comeback against Europe on Sunday at Bethpage Black in New York &#8230; McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland and the rest of the Europeans sent a trolling message Trump&#8217;s way.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While celebrating their Ryder Cup victory over the United States, the European team with Rory McIlroy as ringleader sang:<br \/>&#8220;Are you watching? Are you watching? Are you watching Donald Trump?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump responded: &#8220;Yes. I&#8217;m watching. Congratulations!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/exBd3iP6UK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/exBd3iP6UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tony (@TonyL_01) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyL_01\/status\/1972558540238954708?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 29, 2025<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyL_01\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@TonyL_01<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the video, the guys could be seen and heard chanting, &#8220;Are you watching? Are you watching? Are you watching, Donald Trump?&#8221; &#8212; all while they raised their trophy with glee.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Trump, of course, is a huge golf fan who attended Friday&#8217;s opening action in an effort to give USA a bump. But, somewhat shockingly, he didn&#8217;t come up with a snarky retort for the gloating champs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, I&#8217;m watching,&#8221; he wrote on Truth Social. &#8220;Congratulations!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy and his squad certainly deserved to relish in the victory &#8230; as they took a ton of verbal abuse from fans throughout the three-day tournament.<\/p>\n<p>One time during play, McIlroy actually had to tell the crowd to &#8220;shut the f*** up.&#8221; At another point, he had to wipe a thrown drink off his wife&#8217;s hat. Afterward, he called fans&#8217; behavior unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;What happened here this week is not acceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rory McIlroy speaks on the fans at Bethpage Black. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gMd7OzIUQ4\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/gMd7OzIUQ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfDigest\/status\/1972451990878802057?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 29, 2025<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfDigest\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@GolfDigest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for all parties, everyone will have some time to cool off &#8212; the next Ryder Cup won&#8217;t go down &#8217;til 2027.<\/p>\n<p>      <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryder Cup Team Europe Trolls Trump After Win &#8230; POTUS Responds!!! 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