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Brits visiting US for first time during World Cup are apologizing to Americans: ‘We were wrong’
New York Post ^ | June 24, 2026 | Aurielle Weiss

Posted on 06/24/2026 1:22:53 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The British are coming … to apologize.

With the World Cup taking over towns all across the nation, travelers from the UK are getting a taste of the Red, White and Blue. And tons are offering up apologies along the way.

Many Brits have acknowledged on social media that their assumptions about the US were wrong.

In a string of TikTok’s from across the pond, Brits are earnestly sharing their experience in the US and revealing the media in their country “paint this weird narrative” about Uncle Sam.

“America is nothing like what the media tells us,” said World Cup traveler Oliver Henry, on TikTok as @oliver.henry.w, in a recent post.

Some of those tales told: Americans are rude, inhospitable, unsafe and proud — just to name a few. But folks are spotting a different side to the country, and falling in love.

Host cities have been welcoming outsiders with open arms as they take our commonplace for wonder. Our red fire trucks, Walmart, Buc-ee’s and free refills have tourists in awe of our heartland.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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To: Nateman

From what I read in the media, that would be Israelis.


21 posted on 06/24/2026 2:08:56 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: philled

Yoots. It sounds more hip that way.


22 posted on 06/24/2026 2:09:06 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

No reason for the Brits to apologize; half of Americans are wrong, too!


23 posted on 06/24/2026 2:09:42 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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To: Williams

Because they see nothing but leftist propaganda.

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Just like 80% of Americans!


24 posted on 06/24/2026 2:10:36 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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To: Mr. Lucky
...From what I read in the media, that would be Israelis...

Al Jazeera? NYSlimes? ( Not much difference there)

25 posted on 06/24/2026 2:13:33 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

They’ll still send us to the electric chair for not having nasty brown sauce splattered all over everything or for not mushing out peas.


26 posted on 06/24/2026 2:16:58 PM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: The_Media_never_lie
No reason for the Brits to apologize; half of Americans are wrong, too!

GREAT point!

27 posted on 06/24/2026 2:17:59 PM PDT by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: Languager
LOL, all these Europeans loving America are just playing to American pride so they can get lots of clicks on their instagrams and tiktoks. And Americans are eating it all up

,,, maybe, more likely not. If they didn't like the US they wouldn't give you the satisfaction of such comments and if they hated the US they wouldn't have taken the plane ride or booked hotels. I'm not a Brit and I've only been to the US five times but I can say the US and Ireland are the two most hospitable countries I've been to. A lot of Brit visitors for this soccer play off will be on their first visit to the US and will be genuinely surprised with the welcome. Weigh it up against what everyone knows about portrayls from slanted media.

28 posted on 06/24/2026 2:18:43 PM PDT by shaggy eel (A long way south of the border.)
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To: bigbob

They’ll still send us to the electric chair for not having nasty brown sauce splattered all over everything or for not mushing out peas.


“He’s got some brown!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da436lFYSdM


29 posted on 06/24/2026 2:20:19 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Joe 6-pack

Dang. LOL.


30 posted on 06/24/2026 2:20:28 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Just like Russian commies in the 80s.

They were amazed and told everything here was fake.


31 posted on 06/24/2026 2:23:00 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Don't Even Bother!)
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To: dfwgator

A visit to South Chicago would provide a different perspective.


32 posted on 06/24/2026 2:40:47 PM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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To: Languager

Lee Greenwood made a mint by doing that. This type of thing has been going on for eons.


33 posted on 06/24/2026 2:47:28 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: MinorityRepublican
Years ago some Brits were visiting Washington, DC, for the first time. An American who was showing them around remarked, "You know, the British burned Washington in 1814."

The Brits were shocked. "We know that we burned Joan of Arc, but we thought that Washington died of natural causes."

One thing they don't need to apologize for.

34 posted on 06/24/2026 2:50:45 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: caver

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Go away.


35 posted on 06/24/2026 2:50:54 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Most soccer fans from around the world tend to be patriotic and more conservative than their governments.


36 posted on 06/24/2026 2:52:47 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: MinorityRepublican

Maybe some of our own citizens should listen to all these excited visitors who look past the liberal US B.S. chatter.


37 posted on 06/24/2026 2:52:52 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: Mr. Lucky

You think Israelis caused McDonalds in the USA to make you have to ask employees at McDonalds for free refills?


38 posted on 06/24/2026 3:17:30 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Another World Cup tourist said something similar:

“The headlines will show you a country, but Americans will show you America.”


39 posted on 06/24/2026 3:17:56 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: SeekAndFind

” it does show the world that we have food in abundance.”

But that’s a good thing, not a bad thing. It’s another indicator of American exceptionalism. We need to rub every person’s face in it, proudly.


40 posted on 06/24/2026 3:20:53 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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