Donald Trump wanted the Ryder Cup to be about him; it was, with the U.S., despite mounting a furious comeback on Sunday, losing, again.
Europe has now won 11 of the past 15 Ryder Cups; this one came against a backdrop of Trump seizing the attention on Friday, the opening day of the weekend event, and U.S. golf fans – in Trump’s image – making absolute asses of themselves at the famed Bethpage Black course in Farmingdale, N.Y.
“It was loud. It was raucous. What I consider crossing the line is personal insults and making sounds when they are trying to hit on their backswings or very close to when they are trying to go into their routines,” said Luke Donald, the European captain, at a news conference Saturday night, as his team took an 11.5-4.5 lead into the final day.
That’s right – Donald was complaining as his team was blowing out the U.S. side.
How bad did it get: the first-tee master of ceremonies, Heather McMahan, who identifies as an actress and comedian, was asked to step down from her gig after leading the crowd in a “F**k you, Rory” chant, directed at European star Rory McIlroy, who needed a beefed-up police escort to get through his Saturday round.
“It’s not for me to say. People can be their own judge of whether they took it too far or not,” was how McIlroy summed up his Saturday.
Sunday saw the U.S. team make things interesting, forcing the Europeans to gut out the win in the eighth of 12 singles matches on the schedule, as Shane Lowry finished out a tie with Russell Henley with a six-foot birdie on 18 to give Europe its Cup-clinching 14th point.
Europe would retain the Ryder Cup in the event of a 14-14 tie because it was the defending Cup winner.
The outright win for the Euros came in the 10th match when Tyrrell Hatton halved his one-on-one with Collin Morikawa.
Did the Europeans think there was anything to their win about showing up Trump? Maybe.
Team Europe trolling Trump directly 🤣💀 #RyderCup pic.twitter.com/9waj4d1tgz
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) September 29, 2025
We’ve not seen anything on the final result from the POTUS, who claims to be a scratch golfer, despite his Charles Barkley-reminiscent swing.
Silence from Trump is usually golden, but in this case, it’s telling.
The Trumper was greeted warmly by the Bethpage crowd on Friday – golf, a sport of the White and wealthy, skews heavily MAGA – with chants of “USA! USA!” and U.S. captain Keegan Bradley doing a poor imitation of Trump’s signature Dementia Donnie dance that is probably best described by the lyrics to the 1990s song “Humpty Dance” by Digital Underground:
First I limp to the side like my leg was broken
Shakin’ and twitchin’ kinda like I was smokin’
Crazy, whack, funky
People say, “You look like M.C. Hammer on crack, Humpty”
That’s all right ’cause my body’s in motion
It’s supposed to look like a fit or a convulsion
Anyone can play this game
This is my dance, y’all, Humpty Hump’s my name
No two people will do it the same
You got it down when you appear to be in pain
Humpin’, funkin’, jumpin’
Jig around, shakin’ ya rump
And when a doo-doo chump punk points a finger like a stump
Tell him step off, I’m doin’ the Hump
The U.S. captain does the “Trumpty Dance” on Friday, jumpstarting two days of historic collapse that even a near-historic comeback could not overcome.
That’s Trump’s America, in a nutshell.
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