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

Trump reposts a viral claim that Ferran Torres wore a “Make Spain Great Again” cap at Spain's World Cup victory parade, a slogan echoing his own campaign brand.

First Published: July 28, 2026, 5:55 AM ET

WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump amplified a social-media claim that Spanish forward Ferran Torres wore a “Make Spain Great Again” cap at Spain’s World Cup victory parade.

The reposted item, credited to an account styled Europa.com, said Torres scored the winning goal in the final before donning the slogan-bearing cap during the celebration. The phrasing borrows the format of Trump’s own “Make America Great Again” slogan, a branding that has anchored his political movement since 2015. The underlying claim carries no verified photograph, video, or independent confirmation, and the shared content consists only of text presented in the style of an X post.

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 4th 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 30 of his 448 posts over the last 30 days focused on culture.

Trump mentioned the source (see truthsocial) and the source (see static-assets-1.truthsocial) in the reposted item. The shared post reproduces a claim rather than a documented event, and no supporting imagery accompanies the text.

The stakes here are chiefly reputational. A verified slogan appearance would tie a national soccer hero to a phrase associated with Trump’s political brand. That link could benefit his messaging while placing Torres and Spain’s football federation in an unwanted political spotlight. Torres and the federation have not publicly confirmed the account, and the European Union’s official portal carried no reference to the claim among its featured items according to europa.eu.

The European name in the post adds to the confusion. Multiple entities use the “Europa” or “Europa.com” label, including the European Union’s official web presence according to europa.eu, the football governing body according to uefa.com, and a separate commercial site according to europa.com. Another business, an eye-care provider, also operates under a similar name according to europaeye.com. The account behind the post is not the European Union’s institutional channel.

For the average American reader, the item changes little in daily life. It functions as another instance of a slogan crossing borders and blending sports celebration with political branding, a recurring feature of online culture rather than a policy shift.

This has happened before. Trump has repeatedly shared third-party posts that praise his brand or connect it to public figures, and slogan variations such as “Make Europe Great Again” have surfaced among nationalist movements across the continent. Such reposts often circulate widely before verification catches up.

The next word rests with Ferran Torres and Spain’s football federation, either of whom could confirm or deny the account. A date for any statement has not been announced.

Slogan borrowing across borders isn’t the first time a campaign phrase has traveled far from its origin. The “Make America Great Again” line itself echoed Ronald Reagan’s 1980 campaign slogan “Let’s Make America Great Again,” which helped carry Reagan to a 44-state victory that November. Reagan’s team dropped heavy use of the phrase after the win, yet the words resurfaced decades later to define a new movement, showing how a single slogan can outlast the candidate who first spoke it.

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