US president Donald Trump has backed the USMNT to go all the way in the World Cup 2026 with a confident claim to manager Mauricio Pochettino.
Trump sent Pochettino a strong message of encouragement ahead of USA’s 4-1 win over Paraguay last night, with the host nation making a dream start to the tournament.
Co-hosts Mexico also started with a win, beating South Africa 2-0 earlier this week, while the other co-hosts Canada could only draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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The USA will really be the main one of those to watch, with Pochettino up there with the top coaches in the competition this summer, though it still seems a bit of a stretch for Trump to be backing them to go all the way.
Donald Trump’s message to Mauricio Pochettino
As quoted by BBC Sport, Trump told Pochettino ahead of last night’s game: “Well, I just got to say you’re a fantastic guy, a fantastic coach, and you’re all about your record and your success, and I know how great the players are.
“I think you’ve got a really good chance of going all the way. I just want to wish you a lot of luck.”
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Pochettino has previously been highly regarded in football management after doing a superb job at Tottenham, while he also won major trophies at Paris Saint-Germain and had a decent spell in charge of Chelsea.
This will be an interesting new challenge for the Argentine, but there are surely many teams ahead of the US in the running to win this year’s World Cup.
Spain will likely be the favourites, with the likes of France, England, Brazil, and Argentina not far behind.
Personally, I am thrilled he roots for the USA… He is the Leader of the country, I would hop that he would say we can and will win!
Likely another test run to claim voter fraud after November 3
“Donald Trump bizarrely claims USA can go “all the way” in World Cup 2026.”
The title of this article is, as our President of the United States likes to say, :”fake news”. “Bizarrely” would be if the leader of the US told the US team “I know you are not ranked in the top 5, and we really do not expect you to beat any of the top 5, but do your best”. What type of encouragement is that. Our US Media Services would really be all over that statement saying our President has “no faith” in our team and why are we even competing.
In researching, I understand that CaughtOffSide, is out of London. I would hope your King and / or PM wished his team encouragement also, as well as every other country’s leaders.
Because at the end of the day, giving awards after the fact is small in hindsight compared to giving encouragement at the beginning and along the way.
It may sound silly, but i would not dismiss it off hand. Anything can happen. In 2014 for example the Germans played Brazil. Brazil was on a 40 game win streak and had won 3 world championships. It looked unbeatable. The Germans beat them 7 – 0. Brazilian fans were openly crying. In 1954 (? date?) the Germans played Hungary for the title. The Hungarians looked unbeatable with a cadre of famous players. They lost 2 – 1. The German goal keeper, Tony Turek saved a penalty kick for the win.
How is it bazaar for the president of the US to back the US team, especially after such an amazing game one? This article itself is bazaar.
This… is not bizarre at all. It’s the president of a nation telling his country’s team that he believes in them. Unrealistic? Maybe. Optimistic? Definitely. But bizarre? No.
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