The Quintessential Trumpian Sport
Though despised by the American right, soccer is a clear expression of the president’s politics.
Franklin Foer
Franklin Foer is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future and World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech. He was previously the editor of The New Republic and a staff writer at Slate and New York magazine. His other books include How Soccer Explains the World and Jewish Jocks (co-edited with Marc Tracy), which won a National Jewish Book Award.
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