Kolkata, July 8 -- The unintended consequence of Donald Trump's bid to put USA first was that it roused Belgium. "We told ourselves we needed to do our talking on the pitch," said Belgium captain Youri Tielemans. For midfielder Nicolas Raskin, the 4-1 win meant that justice was delayed, not denied. His red card suspension suspended, Folarin Balogun, the man at the centre of the controversy he had no role in creating, was a peripheral figure in Seattle on Monday. A dummy he tried that had the USA losing possession summed up his night. A first quarter-final since 2002 remained out of reach as USA ended on the other side of a scoreline they had begun the tournament with. And it wasn't just Belgium that celebrated. In a biting official statement, an Iran Football Federation spokesperson declared: "Now the whole world is dancing to celebrate politics' humiliating defeat by football." California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla, on X, branded the whole affair as the latest example of "the Trump effect" in action: "He's like the reverse Midas touch - everything he touches turns to. you know what." England coach Thomas Tuchel wondered whether yellow cards to Declan Rice and French midfielder Michael Olise could be reversed. The Belgian players appeared to mock the US president's signature dance at full time. Over 66,000 chanted "USA, USA" but Belgium began brightly. Timothy Castagne tested Matt Freese early before de Ketelaere and Tielemans kept the USA goalie busy. The home team forged ahead in the first half through de Ketelaere after Raskin had done well to find him under pressure. Against the run of play, Malik Tillman's 31st minute free kick took a wicked deflection off Vanaken and denied Courtois a clean sheet. Trossard picked out de Ketelaere with a cross and he soared above USA's Tim Ream to score. Freese's freeze gifted Belgium the third goal, the keeper losing possession to de Ketelaere before Vanaken shot home. At 90+3, Lukaku got his third of this World Cup and 93rd for Belgium....