Flag American Man Chooses To Wave at Italy's Winter Olympics Goes Viral

[SunSeeker]

A post about a spectator at a figure skating event in Milan holding up a United States flag with an apology message has gone viral on social media.

The post by Threads user @jedayal has amassed almost 1 million views since it was shared on February 9. In the caption accompanying the photo, the poster wrote: "This photo shows an American spectator at a figure skating event in Milan holding up a U.S. flag with a message apologizing to the world. A public acknowledgment, in a global space, that many of us do not consent to the damage being done in our name."

The image—credited in the post to Vincent Alban / The New York Times—shows a man raising a U.S. flag emblazoned with large capital letters that read: "Apologies to the world for our bad behavior, we will fix ourselves."

The viral post arrives at a moment of ongoing unrest and political tension across the U.S., striking a chord among viewers both within the country and abroad.

https://www.newsweek.com/sports/us-flag-apology-message-american-man-2026-winter-olympics-11490255

[Moostache]

1. There is a REAL AMERICAN...

Now juxtapose that image with masked ICE agents dragging people out of cars, executing citizens and terrorizing children.

If you are for the later and oppose the former, I cordially invite you to step back and fuck your own face.

[Cha]

2. This is Brilliant News.. Mahalo, SunSeeker &

the American in Milan, @jedayal on Threads,!

I love Patriots! ❤️💔☮️🌺🌻🕯️🕊️💜

[SunSeeker]

5. It gives me hope!

[Cha]

14. It Gives Me Hope, too.. It's Contagious! I'm so

glad and grateful you found it for us! 💔☮️🌺🌻🕯️🕊️💜and Bless that American Patriot in Milan and his Positiveness!

Happy it's Viral!!

[MyOwnPeace]

16. Please make that.....

TRUE patriots - not the evil, idiot frauds destroying the Constitution and individual rights in the ‘American dream’ that we so dearly love and want to share.

[sheshe2]

3. I 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷 Love This!

[SunSeeker]

6. I love the optimism!

[Maru Kitteh]

4. NOT masked, I notice.

[AllaN01Bear]

7. ding . this

[orangecrush]

8. K&R

[surfered]

9. A patriot!!!

[mysteryowl]

10. THANK YOU

[Grim Chieftain]

11. Thank you, sir

I hope with all my heart that we will indeed fix ourselves.

[Skittles]

12. represents how the MAJORITY of us feel

yes INDEED

[MustLoveBeagles]

13. He's a patriot

And say'in what a lot of us are thinking.

[llmart]

15. No wonder Dipshit Donnie didn't attend.

He knew very well how he'd be greeted. It's happened to him at many, many places.

[Arthur_Frain]

17. Can I give that guy a heart?

Nt

[Wonder Why]

18. Awesome, just awesome! True patriotism.

[Shipwack]

19. Reminds me of the "I'm Sorry" posts that were made

On a dedicated website after Bush the Lesser was re-elected.

I contributed and even bought the book they made.

[niyad]

20. I recently saw a flag of the world. The top read, "Dear World, We Are So Sorry"

the bottom read, "Love, Sane Americans"

[JokeHer]

21. Can't wait to see

That small angry hateful orange man erupt into a rampage over this 😆

[Jimbo S]

22. Probably will be detained

when re-entering the U.S.

[SunSeeker]

23. Yes, that really is our country now.

[RockCreek]

24. American Individualism: "we will fix ourselves"

Although laudable, it has many down points too. And we are not fixing ourselves alone. We have help from many places. For example, Canada, both politically and with the choices of millions of individuals there to boycott US products, travel etc. France, going after Musk. And it goes on and on. We are not in this alone.