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A Third Goal Has Been Scored By Belgium

This meme uses the iconic 2001 photograph of White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card whispering into former US President George W. Bush's ear, originally taken when Bush was informed of the 9/11 terrorist attacks during an elementary school visit. Text overlay at the top reads "A THIRD GOAL", and text at the bottom reads "HAS BEEN SCORED BY BELGIUM". The humor comes from the extreme tonal dissonance between the original, extremely serious context of the photo and the trivial, over-dramatized update about a football (soccer) match here. George W. Bush has a stunned, blank, displeased expression as he reacts to the whispered news, framing Belgium scoring a third goal as a devastating, shocking development for anyone rooting against the Belgian team.
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A THIRD GOAL
HAS BEEN
SCORED BY BELGIUM

Overview

This meme uses the iconic 2001 photograph of White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card whispering into former US President George W. Bush's ear, originally taken when Bush was informed of the 9/11 terrorist attacks during an elementary school visit. Text overlay at the top reads "A THIRD GOAL", and text at the bottom reads "HAS BEEN SCORED BY BELGIUM". The humor comes from the extreme tonal dissonance between the original, extremely serious context of the photo and the trivial, over-dramatized update about a football (soccer) match here. George W. Bush has a stunned, blank, displeased expression as he reacts to the whispered news, framing Belgium scoring a third goal as a devastating, shocking development for anyone rooting against the Belgian team.

Origin notes

This meme is sourced from the specified Reddit:Meme RSS feed. It is a remix of the widely used "Bush 9/11 whisper" meme template, which is commonly repurposed to joke about receiving unexpected, upsetting news of varying levels of triviality. This iteration references an international football match where Belgium scored a third goal, leaning into the dramatic tone of the original photograph for comedic effect by treating a minor sports update as high-stakes critical news.

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