Trump Shares Post Claiming Spanish Star Wore “Make Spain Great Again” Cap

Trump amplifies an unverified Europa.com post asserting Ferran Torres wore a slogan cap at a World Cup victory parade, a claim no photograph in the post supports.

First Published: July 28, 2026, 5:50 AM ET

WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump shared a post claiming a Spanish soccer star wore a “Make Spain Great Again” cap at a World Cup victory parade, a claim the post itself does not document.

The repost carried text from an account branded Europa.com, which asserted that Ferran Torres, credited as the scorer of the winning goal in the World Cup final, wore the slogan cap during Spain’s celebration. No image of Torres, a cap, or any parade appeared in the shared screenshot.

Here is the full post on truthsocial: “EUROPA Europa.com Subscribe Ferran Torres, who scored the winning goal in the World Cup final, wore a “Make Spain Great Again” cap at Spain’s victory parade. Follow: @europa” on July 28, 2026 at 9:39 AM ET.

This is Trump’s 5th message released today. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025.

The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 29 of his 471 posts over the last 30 days focused on culture.

The shared screenshot mimics the layout of an X post, complete with a gold verification badge and a “Subscribe” button. Those visual cues can lend an unaffiliated account the appearance of an established outlet. The post contains no photograph substantiating the claim about the cap, the parade, or the goal.

The domain name at the center of the post invites confusion. Europa.eu is the official web portal of the European Union, a source for news across its 24 official languages, according to europa.eu. The Europa.com handle in the shared post is not the EU portal, and readers should not conflate the two.

Stakes attach mostly to reputation. A slogan echoing Trump’s own “Make America Great Again” branding, if attributed falsely to an athlete, could misrepresent a public figure and a national team during a moment of celebration. Nothing in the post confirms the athlete endorsed any political message.

Unverified claims spreading through reposts affect the average reader who scrolls social feeds. A shared item can look authoritative because of a badge or a familiar-sounding name, yet carry no supporting evidence. Readers weighing whether a viral sports claim is real face exactly that gap here.

This has happened before. Political slogans and unsupported social posts have repeatedly circulated around major sporting events, often attaching partisan messaging to athletes who never made it. The pattern rewards eye-catching claims over documentation, and this post follows that shape by offering a vivid assertion without a single image to back it.

No person or institution has announced a decision tied to this post, and a date for any response from Torres, Spain’s soccer federation, or the account has not been announced.

Slogan borrowing across borders is not new. The phrase “Make America Great Again” traces to Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign before Trump adopted it in 2015, according to europeannewsroom.com. Variations have since surfaced in campaigns and stunts far from Washington, each trading on the original’s recognition. Reagan rode the theme to a 44-state landslide, a reach that turned four words into a template copied around the world decades later.

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This is Trump’s 5th Truth Social post today, out of 5 total today.

On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025.

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