Ian Buruma observes that this year’s tournament seems to belong to the masses, not to corrupt strongmen or oligarchs.
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Jul 6, 2026
Ian Buruma
While Donald Trump was widely expected to lord over this year’s World Cup, which the United States is co-hosting with Mexico and Canada, it has turned out not to be his scene. National teams populated with immigrants, and small-town America’s embrace of the event, go against everything Trump’s MAGA movement stands for.
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