Prime Minister Bart de Weber of Belgium, who succeeded in advancing to the round of 16 of the World Cup by defeating the United States, said to US President Donald Trump, "I will accept this defeat painfully," and said, "First of all, I will not bring up the World Cup story. According to Politico, an American political media outlet, on the 7th (local time), Prime Minister De Weber reportedly made this statement in an interview with VRT News, a Flemish public broadcaster. Prime Minister De Weber said, "At the NATO summit, people are the most “The first thing I said was that I congratulated Belgium on their victory,” he said. “Coincidentally, the defeated side (the United States) is also here, the biggest ally of NATO.” When asked by a reporter whether President Trump would accept the United States’ defeat unsatisfied, he said, “President Trump is famous for reacting rather sensitively to things he does not like,” and added, “This defeat will also be quite painful for him.” “I’m not going to bring up the issue,” he said. “But President Trump will do this first.”