The World Cup is shedding new light on the pathology of the Trump regime | Zoe Williams

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According to The Guardian’s source item, The World Cup is shedding new light on the pathology of the Trump regime | Zoe Williams, Players and fans denied visas, the spectre of ICE raids on stadiums, Pete Hegseth’s latest speech … By the end of this contest, the nature of this US government will be even clearer Whenever my kids and I are stationary in the same room, within five minutes they will have started talking about football. Every now and then, a name will float out that I recognise – Jude Bellingham , say – but most of the time it lacks the dramatic texture to hold my attention. Everyone is either a genius or an irretrievable loser. There’s a lot of counting. “Would you watch a play in which everyone was either entirely wise or entirely stupid and the rest of it was mainly a body count?” I ask, trying to wedge myself back into the conversation. They reply: “Hello? Romeo and Juliet?!” then go back to the shortcomings of La Liga, so I go back to looking at my phone. Continue reading…

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