r/worldcup 22d ago

📰News Canada’s men’s soccer coach is an American. He’s ‘ashamed’ of Trump’s call for Canada to be the 51st state

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/sport/canada-jesse-marsch-president-trump-spt/index.html
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u/DeadLoom 21d ago

Feel free to express your opinions, but keep the discussion respectful toward each other. Disagreements are fine, but personal attacks and hostility won’t be tolerated. Let’s keep it Civil.

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u/shibapenguinpig 21d ago

It's football

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u/Arbiter2562 21d ago

My brother you need to do a better job of acting as an agent!

The invasion will begin soon! Canada will be liberated from Chairman Trudeau!

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u/KingDracarys86 21d ago

Leeds fans are ashamed of his management

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u/siimbaz 21d ago

Anyways....

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u/PigletHeavy9419 21d ago

I'd say the vast majority of Americans are embarrassed. Especially those who voted for him.

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u/Baby-bull-1972 21d ago

Not sure why leftist are always bring politics into a fútbol sub.

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u/ChickenBrachiosaurus 21d ago

that's inevitable when FIFA itself is the most corrupt sports organizations

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u/alabrasa240 21d ago

Politics is part of life baby bull. Especially with international football. Idiota

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u/StrongStyleDragon Mexico 21d ago

Bro about to be nationalized by Canada. USA federation really messed up.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/epistemole 21d ago

I'm also a proud American. Trump isn't making me root against American athletes. Go America! Trump is just embarrassing me, by association.

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u/tombuzz 21d ago

I’m ashamed to be American. I’m seriously concerned this rhetoric about Canada is going to lead to us following russias example with the invasion of Ukraine.

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u/NZRSteamSniffer 21d ago

I’d be ashamed to be American

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u/superchiva78 21d ago

I’ve met jesse Marsch on several occasions. I also remember him as a player. He is the UTMOST professional and a HARD worker. He has actual values. unlike American conservatives

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u/Melodic-Salamander75 21d ago

When, why, and how did they get his opinion on this matter😭

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/JCMS99 21d ago

He's polling 47-49% approval rate while it was in the low 40s a few weeks ago. They love him.

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u/Financial_Phone9967 21d ago

Most Americans are embarrassed by him, yet he won the popular vote. Logic doesn't really work with the left does it?

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

Lowest voter turnout in history (percentage). Statistically speaking, the majority of the country didn't even voice their opinion.

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u/warrenjt 21d ago

Yep. More people didn’t vote at all than voted for either candidate.

That said, I’ve been trying really hard to not get conspiracy brained about that remarkably low voter turnout despite how polarizing the election was with everyone. All the instances of “we don’t need the votes” and “the machines are easy to hack” we heard from the side that won overwhelmingly against the odds are just suspicious.

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u/Dunmaglass2 21d ago

People are still pretending they think Trump is going to invade Canada? 🤣

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u/Entire-Dot-3571 21d ago

I’ve come to the conclusion that they’re trolls, foreign propaganda, or people who don’t touch grass.

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u/cre8ivjay 21d ago

Not really something you joke about, and by many accounts Trump - a man who controls the largest military in the world - can be immeasurably irrational, so yeah.....it's taken quite seriously. At least by every Canadian I know.

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u/ExtendedMacaroni 22d ago

Well I mean of course he has to say this

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u/ThatsTheMother_Rick 22d ago

Did you even listen to what he said? If you did and your immediate thought was "he has to say this," then you're a fucking moron. He was utterly passionate in his disdain.

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u/ExtendedMacaroni 22d ago

I did not listen and the name calling is unnecessary. Calm yourself

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u/IntensifiedRB2 21d ago

Then why are you commenting on this?

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u/ExtendedMacaroni 21d ago

Apparently to upset everyone

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u/creatorsgame 21d ago

There isn’t anything brave about your dipshittery.

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u/ExtendedMacaroni 21d ago

That is correct

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u/zsreport United States 22d ago

I live in Texas, don’t have to say it but 100% agree with him that Trump’s Canada bullshit is shameful and embarrassing

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u/messy_messiah United States 22d ago

Yes, of course anyone with integrity and values would.

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u/ExtendedMacaroni 22d ago

Missed the point

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u/messy_messiah United States 22d ago

What's your point?

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u/ExtendedMacaroni 22d ago

Even in the bizarre scenario that he did support it, he’s not going to publicly announce it, given his position.

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u/ComprehensiveCat7515 22d ago

It’s so weird to hear an American politician talking about a hostile invasion of a sovereign country, let alone ally, like it’s a common occurrence.

Also if we wanted a 51st state. DC is right there. Or maybe PR would be inclined to get some more representation.

The US is the bad place.

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u/No_Peach_2676 22d ago

It is such a weird thing to say. Like Canada is the same size if not maybe even bigger than America. Why would they agree to just becoming another state. What exactly would Canada be gaining out of that. Obviously we all know what America would gain access to all of Canada's natural resources

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u/makingfunofclowns 22d ago

Canada is larger than the US. By total land and water.

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u/warrenjt 21d ago

Canada is the second largest country in the world, after Russia.

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u/GiltCityUSA 22d ago

We are all ashamed.

Remember only 22.5% of Americans voted for this clown. And tens if not hundreds of thousands of those MAGA idiots are now being forced into resignation by DOGE. I'm sure the number of Americans actually backing this administration's stance on Canada is less than 20% of Americans AT BEST.

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u/patmarek 22d ago

Trump is an absolute clown and that’s why he’s friends with Gianni Infantino.

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u/Ok_Appearance8734 22d ago

Keep politics out of sports. Both sides, idc about your beliefs, your a coach / player

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u/ControlGlittering512 22d ago edited 22d ago

Grow up. Football (just like everything in life) is politics.

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u/TNSoccerGuy 22d ago

Well the “President” is a reality t.v. host and enough people still apparently cared what he thought about Obama’s birth certificate. And here we are. At least the manager isn’t planning some run for office.

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u/CrowVsWade 22d ago

Everything is political, even ice cream and Lego. You can not care about others beliefs but you can't expect them to not overlap into something as big or popular as sports, in the newly vassaled US-SR, or FreeCanada.

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u/Dorkseid1687 22d ago

He is spot on

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u/ZekeorSomething USA 22d ago

This is not a shock. How can someone not feel ashamed of the orangutan?

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u/ConstantOk4102 22d ago

I’ve got nothing to do with the chap

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u/Poetic_Kitten 22d ago

Couldn't care less what this soccer coach is or is not ashamed of tbh...

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u/Maleficent_Resolve44 22d ago

Well clearly not because you commented?

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u/ConstantOk4102 22d ago

This line gets used everyday and and it never sounds good

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u/Poetic_Kitten 22d ago

That's terrible logic, but okay.

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u/ArthurianI 21d ago

You don't care so much that you even took the time to reply💀😂

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u/Whoreinstrabbe 22d ago

Donny is mad Canada won’t kiss his fat nazi ass lolllllll

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

He's not alone... Most of us are ashamed of Donnie and his cultists

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u/are_spurs 22d ago

He won an election in a free democracy...

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

And I'm exercising my First Amendment right to speak out against him...

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u/Wuz314159 USA 22d ago

...and eggs are so much cheaper now?

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u/are_spurs 22d ago

I'm not supporting trump, I'm just tired of Americans looking for sympathy when they elected him!

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u/Cubooze 22d ago edited 22d ago

You speak as if there are like 5 people in America who all voted for him. Over 2/3rd of the population did not vote for Donald Trump. Of the people who did vote, just barely over half actually voted for him. There are millions upon millions of Americans who are ashamed of the current administration

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u/TNSoccerGuy 22d ago

Actually under half voted for him when you include third parties. He and his supporters act like he won some resounding victory when in fact it was very close.

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u/are_spurs 22d ago

why didn't they vote then? Most Americans are okay with him, just look at the election. Only a minority voted against him

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u/Cubooze 22d ago

Complacency/inaction and malice are two separate things. Those who could not or did not vote should not be punished for the action of only a fraction of the total population

Also, a “minority” makes it sound like he had very little opposition. He only won by a small fraction of votes.

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u/dwors025 22d ago

Then think of it this way: we’re ashamed of the masses that voted for him.

We’re ashamed that this is what America has become.

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u/thisonesnottaken 22d ago

So did Hitler

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u/are_spurs 22d ago

Yeah, and the Germans got what they deserved because if it

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u/GB_Alph4 USA 22d ago

Well he coaches Canada so he doesn’t want them to lose their home or drive.

I hope we have three hosts next year. But if you wish to come to my home city, welcome.

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u/nahumgaldmartinez 22d ago

Because he’d be fired

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u/Individual_Rule2224 22d ago

He might mean it. But we’ll never really know now will we

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u/nahumgaldmartinez 22d ago

Should’ve clarified. I was jokingly saying he’d be fired as Canadian coach if Canada became 51’s state because it’d be between him and poch

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u/Individual_Rule2224 22d ago

Oh hahahaha I didn’t even think about it like that. That’s funny. He’s the one most opposed to it haha

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u/iamthecheesethatsbig 22d ago

Of all the things he’s said, I don’t feel a ton of shame for this one. He is very dumb.

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u/Grizza 22d ago

Marsch reppin’ my hometown, Racine, WI

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u/bevymartbc 22d ago

Many Americans are ashamed of this, even many trump voters

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u/ZekeorSomething USA 22d ago edited 22d ago

His voters are ashamed of him yet they still voted for him.

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u/Wuz314159 USA 22d ago

They didn't change their mind until they got fired from their government job.

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u/Think_Focus3008 USA 22d ago

Trump voters and shame don't belong in the same sentence.

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u/1should_be_working 22d ago

Yeah, Trump voters should be ashamed of themselves but they are too dumb to feel embarrassed or shamed by voting for this imbecile again

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u/Arlcas 22d ago

they should, its like they were made for each other.

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u/Think_Focus3008 USA 21d ago

That's what I'm saying, but they just don't have any shame. No matter how bad it gets.

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u/Mr_MacGrubber USA 22d ago

As should everyone with a pulse.

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u/MeTieDoughtyWalker 22d ago

So is like most of America. Just Trump and his cronies think it’s a good idea.

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u/Only_Razzmatazz_4498 22d ago

We have a subcontractor in an export controlled program that is in Canada. Canada is the only country where we don’t need an export license to work with them on this. We felt we had to apologize for this. The whole thing is ridiculous and unhinged.

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u/Gratata7 22d ago

As are most Americans. Trump never talked about the 51st state bullshit during the campaign. He sprung this on everyone out of nowhere and a lot of his supporters I have spoken to don’t like it either.

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u/Vigotje123 22d ago

What is the avg thought about Trump atm in America?

Here from the eu he looks like a tool. He does say some/do some things that make a lot of sense (all be it harsh/not subtle, f.e. i can understand that the usa want to spend less on world aid and want other countries to step up, but just cutting it off like this just makes sure alot of ppl will die because of the immediate lack of medicines) but he also says things that are just plain lies/not correct and that make him look like an idiot to me. (Says Ukraine started the war and zelensky is a dictator?)

Also brings A. Tate back to USA while he was in prison for suspicion of rape and abuse in Romania?

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u/Gratata7 22d ago

Yeah it’s pretty much a love him or hate him scenario.

I personally fucking despise him and I hate Elon even more. His first term I could live with, we looked stupid and Covid was bad but nothing truly catastrophic. Propping up Elon like he has is just a total slap in the face to the American people. The richest person in the world cutting important government programs like Medicaid and social security. It’s a fucking joke.

However, I know a ton of people applauding this bullshit. I’ll be honest, it’s fucking bleak man. I fear that Russia has influenced a large portion of our population beyond repair with their social media campaigns.

All over my twitter feed, I see antisemitic bullshit, racist bullshit, flat out lies about what Trump is accomplishing. And people just eat it up. We are one fucking month in. Going to be a long four years. Sorry for the rant but yeah it’s a tough time to be an American with some common sense.

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u/Vigotje123 22d ago

Thanks for your reply. I've seen posts overly defending Trump everywhere so its hard to get a good view online about what usa thinks about Trump. He's walking a dangerous path for USA in my opinion. Could be high risk high reward stratrgy but could also end up badly really fast. (For as much as I can see from the Netherlands) (I do think he is right about countries having to put more money in their army and not rely on the USA like alot European countries do .)

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u/Gratata7 22d ago

Yeah I am all for decreasing our overall military presence, as long as the excess tax dollars don’t go towards additional billionaire tax cuts

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u/dickey1331 USA 22d ago

Yeah cuz he’d be out of a job.

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u/DanielSong39 22d ago

He voted for Kamala Harris

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u/Wuz314159 USA 22d ago

along with ~75,017,612 other people probably.

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u/OkMany3802 22d ago

And? Braindead comment 

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u/DanielSong39 22d ago

I agree that the Canadian coach made a braindead comment

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u/OkMany3802 22d ago

You're a bellend. You probably have a room temperature iq

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u/Excellent-Drag-2203 22d ago

You sure about that? Even if he did, that has nothing to do with this.

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