The Ben Shapiro Show - June 11, 2026


Trump Administration Deports World Cup Referee Over Terror Links


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8 minutes

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1,696

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138

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12

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America is a place of incredible prosperity and amazing people who love to live and work in America. That's why we need more Americans who are proud to be an American. If your pride in America is completely dependent on who is in political office, you're doing it wrong.

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00:00:00.000 We have done something deeply wrong to entire generations of people if you're not proud to be American.
00:00:04.000 If your pride in America is completely dependent on who is in political office, you are doing it wrong.
00:00:15.000 There is an incredibly amusing thread on X from a German soccer fan at FreddyLA7 who is going around in the American South and experiencing it.
00:00:30.000 Hysterically funny because it turns out that people who actually come and experience America love it here because America is awesome.
00:00:38.000 So here is a tweet.
00:00:39.000 This is from a game in Georgia, a soccer match in Georgia, and the stadium is just totally packed.
00:00:46.000 And he wrote, This is the most, the European mind can't comprehend this moment of my life.
00:00:49.000 One of my friends said, Punch me five times tomorrow and I'll still think this isn't real.
00:00:54.000 Yeah, it turns out America, amazing, amazing, beautiful place.
00:01:00.000 And then he went to a soda machine at the Wendy's and was overwhelmed by it.
00:01:04.000 Because there are so many choices of soda, because America is a place of extraordinary prosperity.
00:01:10.000 And then Wendy's escalation, and it's just pictures of Wendy's food.
00:01:15.000 He went to Waffle House and posted pictures.
00:01:17.000 Just had our first Waffle House experience at 1 a.m.
00:01:20.000 Great food, great prices, friendly staff, 10 out of 10.
00:01:22.000 We will be coming back.
00:01:25.000 Listen, everyone loves it here. 1.00
00:01:26.000 America kicks ass. 0.99
00:01:27.000 America is wonderful. 1.00
00:01:28.000 That's why when you hear all these people who are so down on America all the time, just shut up. 1.00
00:01:31.000 Seriously, just shut up. 0.99
00:01:32.000 America is amazing. 1.00
00:01:34.000 This is a great place.
00:01:36.000 Just passing through a town called Gainesville.
00:01:38.000 And this place looks beautiful.
00:01:39.000 The houses are insane.
00:01:40.000 Wow.
00:01:41.000 The European mind cannot comprehend.
00:01:43.000 It cannot. 0.98
00:01:45.000 America was built different, folks.
00:01:46.000 It was built on principles of private property and equal justice before law and freedom from government. 0.99
00:01:52.000 And it kicks ass. 0.99
00:01:53.000 It's incredible. 0.99
00:01:55.000 It is just great.
00:01:57.000 This is why when, when you hear people just ripping on America, it's typically people who have not spent a lot of time outside America traditionally.
00:02:04.000 And again, this is why we need those pride in being American graphs to go up.
00:02:08.000 This should not be a political matter.
00:02:10.000 If you're a Democrat, you should be proud of being American.
00:02:12.000 If you're a Republican, you should be proud of being American.
00:02:14.000 Now, traditionally, Americans who are very proud of being American happen to be Republican.
00:02:19.000 Since 2001, every single Gallup poll shows that well over 80% of Republicans say that they are extremely or very proud to be American.
00:02:32.000 That was true when Barack Obama was president, it was true when Joe Biden was president.
00:02:36.000 We did not become markedly less proud to be American when a Democrat was president.
00:02:40.000 For Democrats, however, that changes really rapidly.
00:02:44.000 So, 87% of Democrats in 2001 said that they were very proud to be an American.
00:02:51.000 And then that number maintained above 70% all the way until about 2014, 2015.
00:02:57.000 And then when President Trump won, it nosedived.
00:03:01.000 And now only 36% of Democrats say they are very or extremely proud to be American.
00:03:06.000 Guys, I know you don't like Trump.
00:03:07.000 I get it.
00:03:08.000 I know you don't like a lot of things he's doing and you don't like things about him. 0.99
00:03:12.000 Why would you not be proud to be from this unbelievable country that kicks so much ass? 0.99
00:03:15.000 Why? 0.99
00:03:17.000 If a Democrat wins in the next election cycle, I'm not going to become not proud to be American.
00:03:23.000 What the ever.
00:03:24.000 We have done something deeply wrong to entire generations of people if you're not proud to be American.
00:03:30.000 If your pride in America is completely dependent on who is in political office, you are doing it wrong.
00:03:36.000 You are just doing it wrong.
00:03:39.000 And by the way, because of the World Cup, there'll be a lot of international soccer fans here in the United States.
00:03:45.000 You should show people how proud you are to be American because.
00:03:48.000 We are the dominant power on planet Earth, and we should be.
00:03:51.000 The world is better for it.
00:03:52.000 The world is a better place because of it.
00:03:54.000 We'll get some more on this in just one second.
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00:04:58.000 Pride to be American also means that we should turn away certain people.
00:05:01.000 There are certain people who should not get in.
00:05:03.000 I know.
00:05:04.000 It's a wild idea that maybe you shouldn't just let everyone who hates your country into your country.
00:05:09.000 But if you like your country, it's just basic good policy.
00:05:11.000 Just like if you like your home, you probably should not let the drunk homeless person who pees on the walls into your home.
00:05:18.000 Same thing here.
00:05:19.000 So that's what the Trump administration is doing, according to the New York Times.
00:05:22.000 There's a person named Omar Abdul Qadir Artan, a Somali referee.
00:05:28.000 This person was a select, he was among a select group of about 50 World Cup referees and was detained and became another example of how U.S. immigration policy could upend the world's biggest sporting event. 0.76
00:05:37.000 Now, again, We are admitting like World Cup fans who go around and see Buckies and talk about how awesome it is.
00:05:43.000 But this is a bit of a different story because it turns out the reason this guy was detained is because he kind of likes terrorists.
00:05:49.000 Immigration officials questioned Mr. Artan.
00:05:51.000 They placed him in a holding cell and then they deported him.
00:05:53.000 He had traveled from Turkey to Miami and, according to an interview he then gave to the New York Times, was deported back to Turkey.
00:05:59.000 Last year, he was named the best referee in Africa by the region's governing body for soccer.
00:06:03.000 Wow.
00:06:04.000 Whoa, the best referee in Africa.
00:06:07.000 That is one hell of a designation.
00:06:10.000 I mean, my goodness.
00:06:12.000 That is maybe the most irrelevant title for a person I've ever heard.
00:06:16.000 The best soccer referee in Africa.
00:06:18.000 Do you put that on your mantle or what?
00:06:21.000 For referees, the World Cup is considered the pinnacle moment of a career as it is for players.
00:06:25.000 And he said the biggest dream of his life had been snatched away.
00:06:28.000 So, why exactly was he not allowed in?
00:06:29.000 Well, an administration official told CBS News on Wednesday that Artan was denied entry based on derogatory information that included association with suspected terrorist group members.
00:06:41.000 Well, I'm sorry that his dream of ref a World Cup couldn't happen here in the United States because just.
00:06:46.000 For the, for the, you know, ancillary reason that he likes hanging out with people who are suspected terrorists.
00:06:52.000 I mean, come on. 0.73
00:06:53.000 Can't a man dream of refereeing a World Cup soccer game while also just standing for Al Shabaab? 0.91
00:06:59.000 Like, why can't we just do that? 0.96
00:07:00.000 What's the problem, America?
00:07:03.000 I love that this has somehow turned into a controversy.
00:07:05.000 You don't have a right to come into our country if you are hanging out with terrorists.
00:07:08.000 Why is this in any way controversial?
00:07:10.000 It's kind of crazy, is it not?
00:07:13.000 Well, the good news for this referee, the best referee in all of Africa, He got a hero's welcome upon returning to Somalia, which, cool.
00:07:23.000 I mean, he can stay there.
00:07:24.000 It turns out they like him there.
00:07:26.000 So he should just, you know, remain.
00:07:35.000 There he is being cheered by a huge crowd of people.
00:07:41.000 Incredible.
00:07:43.000 Just stay there.
00:07:44.000 We don't need everyone here.
00:07:46.000 It's totally fine.
00:07:47.000 We don't need everyone here. 1.00
00:07:48.000 Speaking, by the way, of people that we don't need here, but who came here and we should never have let in, Ilhan Omar went after Nancy Mace yesterday, another Somali immigrant who he took in and then put in Congress. 1.00
00:07:59.000 Nancy Mace, of course, was defeated in her gubernatorial run in the primaries by leaps and bounds.
00:08:06.000 And Ilhan Omar.
00:08:08.000 Went after her by saying, one way ticket to where you came from with your name on it, Nancy.
00:08:13.000 Now, believe you me, I would love nothing better than to put a one way ticket with Ilhan Omar's name on it, where she came from.
00:08:21.000 And Nancy Mace then responded, as you would imagine that Nancy Mace would.
00:08:28.000 Nancy Mace went right back over the top.
00:08:31.000 And she said, say what you want about me, but I would never marry my brother. 1.00
00:08:36.000 Points for accuracy for Nancy Mace. 1.00
00:08:39.000 And she had a rough time in that race. 0.99
00:08:40.000 I think that the performative nature of what she was doing in Congress did not benefit her, did not behoove her.
00:08:46.000 But she's right on that one.
00:08:48.000 It turns out that we probably should immigrate fewer people to the United States who then allegedly engage in immigration fraud by allegedly marrying their alleged brother. 0.69