Unwashed America and the World Cup [View all]
"Having the World Cup during Trump's second reign was not what organizers for the host committee dreamed of while assembling bid packages years ago. Instead of a president working to put the best face on the United States as an opportunity for soft diplomacy—we have a troglodyte-in-chief who values UFC blood on the White House lawn over anything athletic.
"At least Trump is not trying to Riefenstahl these events and portray a MAGA that is not MAGA. So, at one level, Trump is not a Nazi—because, Stephen Miller's resemblance to Josef Goebbels notwithstanding, the event is not being exploited to sports-wash his "movement." No, Trump is his usual asshat self, denying entry to referees, staff and visitors. This unwashed view of our country, however, may well explain us to the world and, perhaps, turn some hatred for us into pity.
"People from around the world will see, up close, the political hand our country has been dealt. The World Cup, more than the coming Olympics, provides a tasting flight of our country to international fans. Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York (well, East Rutherford — so close), Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay Area, and Seattle. Hell, nine World Cup matches are in Dallas alone. Visitors will see the cacophonous mess that is the United States. Perhaps they will better understand how Trump came to be—not as some organized fascist movement with broad American support and hatred of the world, but as the shambolic product of apathy, ignorance, prejudice and greed ..."
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