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United States quiet World Cup problem
US President Donald Trump sits while FIFA President Gianni Infantino and US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stand by his side, as he meets with the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington DC, US on November 17, 2025.
There is a special kind of cultural confusion that comes from visiting the United States (US) a month before the World Cup. Not the Super Bowl. Not the NBA Finals. I mean the actual World Cup, the global sporting festival that turns entire nations into temporary psychiatric wards of joy, heartbreak and unprovoked street dancing.
Yet here I am in Atlanta, and the pre-World Cup atmosphere is… muted. Whisper-soft. As quiet as a teenager’s room after you’ve switched off the home Wi-Fi.
