People Dribbled Past Trump
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PEOPLE DRIBBLED PAST TRUMP

The World Cup against Trumpism

The 2026 World Cup is the biggest stage on the planet this summer.

Donald Trump — FIFA's freshly anointed peace-prize laureate — wants it to be his.

Like all football fans, we just want to enjoy the World Cup – not a Trump propaganda show. That’s why we turned our frustration into something useful.

Here is the plan:


For every goal in the World Cup knockout phase, we pledge to donate €1 to fund independent European newspapers that help keep the Trumps of our continent accountable. You can join us, too!

Get your own collectible card!

These football cards are sent exclusively to people who supported this campaign.

Rules are very simple:

🤔 Choose how you want to pledge support

💸 Make a donation to independent media

💌 Receive the card by mail

Choose the way to support independent journalism

Support journalism with 12€ now, and we'll send you your card as a thank you for your support!

Support journalism with €1 for every goal in the knockout phase.

Support journalism with €1 for every goal of the World Cup.

(Based on past World Cups, we estimate that in the knock-out stage, there will be ~72 goals, and during the whole tournament, ~172 goals will be scored.)

About us

We’re journalists and organisers from The European Correspondent, and football fans. In the run-up to the World Cup, we knew that we didn’t just want to let the biggest sports event on the planet be turned into a propaganda show. So we started the probably silliest campaign we ever launched to turn this World Cup into something constructive.

But the World Cup against Trumpism isn’t just for us – our goal is to support media outlets from every corner of the continent. We need to understand that Europe is connected: What happens in our neighbouring countries will affect us too. Therefore, we need to work together to defend against Trumpism in Europe.

If you're an independent media outlet from Europe and would like to participate, contact us!

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