Every Brand Is Making the Same Dumb Joke About Today's USA-Belgium Game

There's no waffling in football

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Leave it to brands to jump on Twitter and show their patriotism and support of American footballers today. The USA is playing Belgium at 4 p.m. ET in the World Cup, and embarrassingly, the only thing Americans seem to associate with Belgium are waffles—and by the way, Belgian waffles don’t even exist in Belgium.

Waffle House has even reportedly banned waffles from its menus for the day, and apparently can't write "Belgian waffles" correctly.

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