Gulfstream4 said:
Civilized said:
Gulfstream4 said:
World Cup fans love the USA. Why are Americans so surprised?
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/06/24/world-cup-tourists-love-america/90642942007/
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Europeans especially seem bewitched by the sheer bigness of it all, from the spacious Western grandeur to supersized gas stations like Buc-ee's.
It's adorable.
What's not so cute is the shock some of my fellow Americans seem to be feeling at these expressions of true awe and joy from our visitors. The pushback, largely from coastal liberal elites, revolves around this theme: Since Donald Trump is president, the rest of the world must feel the same shame and horror that we do.
They don't, though.
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Years of American hating leftist propaganda went poof in about two weeks
These "nuh-uh the World Cup" tourists love red states more..." and "nuh-uh they love blue cities more" online back-and-forths are so ridiculous and stupid.
World Cup tourism success - including the Mexico-Korea love affair that's not even in the US and has nothing to do with red states or blue cities - has been a great reminder that there is so much more that we have in common and that unites us - the world over - than what divides us.
WC tourists are living it up and having a great time literally everywhere - from taking over BoSox games at Fenway and drinking their way through pubs in Atlanta to visiting sleepy deep-South towns or West Texas ranches.
It's honestly been a really heartwarming reminder that we all need to get off screens and get out and touch grass and live and engage with other great people and music and cultures and traditions, not be defined by politicians with motives that don't align with ours, and social media algorithms that pit us against each other.
These summed it up well.
Those are some find points you make and I can get on board with most of that. It's been awesome to see people from all over the world fall in love with America.
The part I disagree with in the comments of video, reels, tweets…etc. there are plenty of haters and they are usually liberal white women.
I honestly think if men, all over the world, would stop listening to women and their opinions we could fix or change a majority of things for the better.
I know man we're all aware you think liberal white women on antidepressants are the scourge of the earth but that's also the algorithm talking because you interact with those posts.
Honestly I've enjoyed X more than I ever have the last two weeks because the tone is totally different than it's been, maybe ever. It's joyous. It feels like most of the posts on the platform are wondrous Cup tourists experiencing some new, different, fun, odd, fascinating, or beautiful aspect of America or Americans they never knew about, or didn't previously appreciate, or elated Americans reveling in the pageantry, camaraderie, or viewing the wonder of America in a fresh way through tourists' eyes.
It's been beautiful to see. And I think an extraordinarily high proportion of experiences in America have gone that way during the World Cup, in small towns and big cities alike, for both visitors and hosts. It's been incredible, and I think it shows so many of us are ready to get out of political, cultural, or social boxes and just engage and be normal, kind humans.
