EPISODE · Jul 14, 2026 · 8 MIN
Host Charlie James reacts to World Cup clips highlighting love for America.
from The Charlie James Show Podcast
Host Charlie James transitions into discussing the current landscape of the World Cup, reacting passionately to a compilation video of British fans expressing an unexpected devotion to the United States and a desire to never return home. Reflecting on his own past travels to the United Kingdom, James comments on how international media networks often paint a grim picture of America, breeding undeserved animosity. He explains that British visitors are completely taken aback by everything from standard modern conveniences like air conditioning to the legendary friendliness and unique opportunities that define American culture. James emphasizes that unlike the deeply embedded class systems of the UK, America remains a unparalleled beacon of freedom where individual success is determined by hard work rather than the status of a last name.
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Charlie James: All right, right now, France—I'm sorry, Spain is beating France 2-0 in the World Cup. Take that, Macron. Ha ha ha. Sacre bleu! Um, so tomorrow England is going to be taking on Argentina. I'm not real sure who I'm going to pull for for that game. Um, I like... As a soccer fan of about a week, um... I wouldn't mind seeing Lionel Messi um, have another World Cup. But then again, I'd like to see England win. And the reason that I want to see England win is because their fans have come over here, and they're saying, "I don't want to go home." When you go over to the UK—I was over there a couple of years ago. My wife and I went to Scotland and Ireland, and when we were staying with some friends in Ireland, we were watching CNN International. And let me tell you something. The way that network talked about this country—good gracious, no wonder those people hate us! That's all they fill them with. They fill them with hate, they fill fill them with all of this absolute BS. Well, I want you to listen to these British fans, and JJ listen closely because I haven't really screened this video all that well yet, but take a listen to this. British Fans (video clip): ...I don't think I'm going home. I—I don't see a world in which I go home to England. A lot of people are not going to want to leave the United States after this World Cup. I have to say this about the World Cup. America has absolutely smashed it. I have loved every single minute and every single moment of this place. The World Cup is a reminder that America is the best. Your environment is everything. My environment in the UK is miserable, cold, gray, and depressing. Something that people don't tell you about moving to America is the fear that when you do move, you do not ever want to leave. As a Brit in America, and if I lived here, I'm telling you now, I would never leave America. It's so beautiful here, literally. The sunset is amazing, the skyline looks incredible. A lot of Brits won't admit it, but we are obsessed with the US. Like, deeply obsessed. Everything about America was negative. And while no country is perfect, I just could not pretend my experience wasn't positive. So ever since I landed here in America, people have been nothing but nice, kind, and courteous no matter where I have been. Americans literally just keep trying to feed me. There's always somebody like, "I want to cook for you, I want to bake for you." Thank you, America, for being so kind to your visitors while we're here for the World Cup. I can totally understand why Americans never leave America. Charlie James: Exactly right. Exactly right. And now—and you know—all right, so listen. All right, all you Brits, all you Brits over there that came to the United States, I got a message for you. Okay, are you ready? Now here's the thing, here's a cool thing. You can have this too! Oh yeah, you're not going to get the sunset, but you're still going to get the beautiful English countryside. You're still going to have that. You could still have your local pub, that would be awesome. You could still have safe streets, yeah you could have that. You could have so many wonderful things. If you just voted for the right people. See, your problem is you put these Labour folks in—into office, and they screw you over every single day. They bring all of these migrants—"Oh, we've got to have the migrants in here, we've got to have diversity here in England and we've got to blah blah blah blah blah." No. Get rid of those folks. They're the problem. Get rid of your Labour in Parliament, they're the problem. You could have all of this. You could. Yes, it's still going to be cold and rainy. But, it would at least be better than what you've got now. You could do it. You got people going back to France going, "Holy wow! You're not going to believe it, they had air conditioning everywhere!" There's—I mean, and—so they were told, here's what they were told: We were a shallow culture, and they're fi ...
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