Is Eileen Gu a Traitor? Inside America's China Blind Spot

Matt Lewis Can't Lose · Feb 17, 2026 · 50m

Eileen Gu is back at the 2026 Olympics for China — American-born, Stanford-educated, earning millions (including reported Chinese payments), yet facing almost no mainstream backlash.

Mike Pesca & Matt Lewis unpack why America still loves her: media both-siderism, cultural tolerance trumping geopolitics, China's propaganda wins, and what it says about our weakness vs. a real adversary.We also Trump-era moral equivalency, and Marco Rubio's attempt to square Reaganism with Trumpism.

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