U.S. President Donald Trump has been trolled on Twitter after he targeted the wrong woman in a row over a sports team potentially visiting the White House.
Trump was responding to comments by U.S. women鈥檚 soccer star Megan Rapinoe that she is
The U.S. soccer team is currently at the Women鈥檚 World Cup in France,where it plays the host nation in the quarter final on Friday.
Angry at the remarks, Trump took to Twitter but originally tweeted at the wrong Megan Rapinoe, dropping the 鈥榚鈥� at the end of her name. But the other woman took a swipe at the President before he realized the mistake and deleted the tweet.
鈥淎nd she was right to say so, cry me a river,鈥�
鈥淧lus this isn鈥檛 even her account.鈥�
Other Twitter users offered the other Megan a mixture of sympathy and support.
鈥淲ish Donald Trump would accidently tag me in a tweet so I could tell him to f off . Nice one Megan!鈥� .
鈥淥ur president tweeting at the wrong account. Poor @meganrapino taking the blunt of Trumpkins across the country,鈥�.
鈥淢om come pick me up old men are attacking me,鈥� @meganrapino joked.
Trump went on to invite the U.S. women鈥檚 soccer team to the White House, 鈥渨in or lose.鈥�
鈥淢egan should never disrespect our country, the White House, or our flag, especially since so much has been done for her and the team,鈥� Trump tweeted.
鈥淏e proud of the flag that you wear. The USA is doing great!鈥�
Trump previously told The Hill website that Rapinoe鈥檚 silent protest during the national anthem was 鈥渋nappropriate.鈥�
Rapinoe, 33, had previously kneeled during 鈥淭he Star Spangled Banner鈥� in solidarity with NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who sought to raise awareness of what he sees as systemic racism against African-Americans.
