{"id":637849,"date":"2026-07-19T11:08:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=637849"},"modified":"2026-07-19T11:08:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:08:50","slug":"argentinas-las-malvinas-son-argentinas-banner-at-world-cup-semi-final-white-house-backs-players-burnham-walks-into-a-minefield-final-today-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=637849","title":{"rendered":"Argentina’s ‘Las Malvinas Son Argentinas’ Banner At World Cup Semi-Final \u2014 White House Backs Players, Burnham Walks Into A Minefield, Final Today"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After Argentina\u2019s 2-1 World Cup semi-final defeat of England in Atlanta on Wednesday, several Argentine players held up a banner reading \u201cLas Malvinas son Argentinas\u201d \u2014 The Falklands are Argentine \u2014 igniting an international diplomatic incident that has now dragged in Trump\u2019s White House, the incoming British Prime Minister, and FIFA. The banner was smuggled past stadium security inside a fan\u2019s clothing, per Fox News.<\/p>\n

The White House fired back in Argentina\u2019s favor. Andrew Giuliani, head of the White House FIFA taskforce, explicitly defended Argentina\u2019s players: \u201cWe believe in our first amendment rights here in the United States of America.\u201d He added that players would have the \u201copportunity to be able to express statements\u201d on U.S. soil. The intervention puts the Trump administration directly at odds with the UK government on a sovereignty issue on the eve of new PM Andy Burnham\u2019s first day at Downing Street. UK Business Secretary Peter Kyle called the banner \u201can egregious violation\u201d of FIFA rules. Outgoing PM Starmer\u2019s spokesperson stated: \u201cThe Falkland Islands are definitely ours\u201d \u2014 and Starmer endorsed calls for FIFA to investigate.<\/p>\n

Andy Burnham enters Downing Street Monday already walking into a U.S.-UK tension he had no hand in creating. FIFA, for its part, said its disciplinary committee was assessing reports before deciding on \u201cpotential further steps\u201d \u2014 but crucially, no Argentine players were banned for today\u2019s final, per Metro. FIFA\u2019s final \u2014 Argentina vs. Spain \u2014 kicks off at 3 p.m. ET Sunday at New York New Jersey Stadium. The Falklands banner has succeeded in turning a football match into a live territorial dispute. The irony is hard to miss: the White House that backs Ukrainian territorial sovereignty is simultaneously backing players claiming another country\u2019s sovereign territory.<\/p>\n

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Please follow us on Truth Social, X, YouTube, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Gab, Instagram After Argentina\u2019s 2-1 World Cup semi-final defeat of England in Atlanta on Wednesday, several Argentine players held up a banner reading \u201cLas Malvinas son Argentinas\u201d \u2014 The Falklands are Argentine \u2014 igniting an international diplomatic incident that has now dragged in… Continue reading Argentina’s ‘Las Malvinas Son Argentinas’ Banner At World Cup Semi-Final \u2014 White House Backs Players, Burnham Walks Into A Minefield, Final Today<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":637848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-637849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=637849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/637848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=637849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=637849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=637849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}