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Trump 'blew it' by tanking perfect chance for US to win over the entire world
Trump Turned a World Cup Into a Border TestThe SetupThe reporting is simple: the United States had a rare chance to look competent, open, and normal while hosting the 2026 World Cup, and instead Trump made the event feel punitive. Fans, referees, players, journalists, and support staff from a long list of countries ran into bans, rejections, detentions, and restrictions. That is the factual core. The rest is the political meaning.Who Held PowerThis was not an accidental stain. Trump held the institutional power, and the state followed his instincts. When a president treats a global sporting…
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