World Cup Fans Are Falling in Love With America

By Upward News | Created at 2026-06-22 11:06:51 | Updated at 2026-06-22 23:50:24 12 hours ago

_WHAT’S HAPPENING_

The 2026 World Cup is doing something no diplomatic initiative or PR campaign could accomplish: showing the world that America is actually pretty great.

As tens of thousands of international soccer fans flood into host cities across the country, social media has exploded with videos of visitors marveling at everything from Waffle House to the sheer size of Walmart to the incredible kindness Americans have shown them.

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