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Amaryllis

(11,127 posts)
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 07:48 PM Monday

Ukranian writer's response to Bad Bunny's profound impact on him. "America never stopped being great." [View all]

https://freedomline.substack.com/p/a-nation-that-does-not-need-to-be?

Freedom Line by Viktor Kravchuk 🇺🇦🇺🇸
A Nation That Does Not Need to Be Great Again
Because it never stopped being
Viktor Kravchuk
Feb 09, 2026

I did not understand a single word he was saying.
Me, Viktor, watching from Ukraine.

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Something that began in California last night crossed oceans and continents and landed straight inside me.

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It was the first time I heard about Bad Bunny. I honestly imagined a rabbit, so you can get my level of ignorance.

Then he walked onto the field and sang entirely in Spanish.

But this was different.

I did not understand what Bad Bunny was saying, yet it was immediately clear that something historic was happening.

That man was making the strongest possible political statement in the most American event imaginable, without slogans, without shouting, without asking permission.

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