The 2026 World Cup’s Most Political Team Is Also (Probably) Its Best ^48%

The New Republic - By Leander Schaerlaeckens - 7/4/2026, 10:00 AM

Biased Writer Voice 49% - Negativity Bias 30.4% - Hasty Generalization 27.5%

Four games into the 2026 World Cup, the French national team, which presently looks like it will cruise to a third straight final after winning all its matches by two or three goals, has started just three different white players. It only brought five of them to this World Cup. Its best players are named Mbappé, Dembélé, and Olise. They... more