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Politico: Dems Patriotism Problems So Bad They Have Issues Rooting for US World Cup Success

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26.06.2026

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Politico: Dems Patriotism Problems So Bad They Have Issues Rooting for US World Cup Success

The World Cup — hosted jointly this year by the United States, Canada, and Mexico — has wildly exceeded expectations.

By just how much has it exceeded expectations? Americans suddenly love soccer — which has usually been cast as a liberal-coded sport, much to the dismay of this soccer fan. Europeans suddenly love America. And the United States, Canada, and Mexico, three oft-squabbling siblings that are uneasy with each other at the best of times, have gotten along thus far.

What’s not to like, especially if you’re American? Well, if you’re a Democrat American, the very fact that it’s gone well — because that could theoretically make President Donald Trump look good.

In more evidence that the only patriotic impulse the American left has is to the Democratic Party, Politico reported that the Democrats are trying to “grapple uncomfortably with” the success of the event because it “has forced Democrats who had criticized President Donald Trump’s role in preparations to grudgingly reconsider.”

In fact, says Democratic digital strategist Rob Flaherty, they wanted this to go horribly because the United States looking awful on the world stage was a good thing, so long as Trump went down with the ship we’re supposed to all be sailing on together as Americans. Leftist “patriotism” in action, ladies and gents.

“I think that there was a little bit of like liberal wishcasting........

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