Flag American Man Chooses To Wave at Italy's Winter Olympics Goes Viral
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A post about a spectator at a figure skating event in Milan holding up a United States flag with an apology message has gone viral on social media.
The post by Threads user @jedayal has amassed almost 1 million views since it was shared on February 9. In the caption accompanying the photo, the poster wrote: "This photo shows an American spectator at a figure skating event in Milan holding up a U.S. flag with a message apologizing to the world. A public acknowledgment, in a global space, that many of us do not consent to the damage being done in our name."
The image—credited in the post to Vincent Alban / The New York Times—shows a man raising a U.S. flag emblazoned with large capital letters that read: "Apologies to the world for our bad behavior, we will fix ourselves."
The viral post arrives at a moment of ongoing unrest and political tension across the U.S., striking a chord among viewers both within the country and abroad.
https://www.newsweek.com/sports/us-flag-apology-message-american-man-2026-winter-olympics-11490255
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the American in Milan, @jedayal on Threads,!
I love Patriots! 
❤️💔☮️🌺🌻🕯️🕊️💜
glad and grateful you found it for us! 💔☮️🌺🌻🕯️🕊️💜and Bless that American Patriot in Milan and his Positiveness!
Happy it's Viral!! 
TRUE patriots - not the evil, idiot frauds destroying the Constitution and individual rights in the ‘American dream’ that we so dearly love and want to share.
I hope with all my heart that we will indeed fix ourselves.
Thanks for letting me know, I won't be using them any longer.
It's surprising how many folks on DU do use IMGUR. When they do, all we in the UK see is:
with the words "Content not viewable in your region" in white. This should render properly for you (it's larger than what we see):
