With the 2026 Winter Olympic Games less than a week away, the excitement surrounding the games has touched sports aficionados from all walks of life.
Former Philadelphia Eagles star Jason Kelce took a moment to give his two cents on what appears to be a clear judgment about American cuisine in Italy.
“How f-ing dare they!! Also, just curious, do they have ranch or do I need to bring my own?” he wrote on X.
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The comment was in response to a photo of a menu featuring a pizza dubbed the “Americana” posted by USA TODAY columnist Dan Wolken.
The image featured a pizza topped with sliced hot dogs and French fries. In response, fans joked about which sauce would actually taste good with the “Americana”, some opting for blue cheese instead, and others saying that the menu option is actually delicious and not a dig at Americans.
Hundreds march against ICE presence in Milan ahead of the Winter Olympics
Protestors in Milan have been expressing a growing outcry for the removal of American ICE agents in Milan in the days before the Opening Ceremony.
Hundreds of demonstrators packed Piazza XXV Aprile on Saturday, chanting and blowing whistles to demand that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel slated to assist in security roles for the Games leave Italian soil.
The protest was not a fringe sporting squabble. It drew members from Italy’s Democratic Party, the CGIL trade union confederation, and ANPI resistance heritage groups, alongside many unaffiliated citizens troubled by ICE’s reputation and recent events in the United States.
“This is not just about the Olympic Games,” said Alessandro Capella, head of the Democratic Party‘s Milan chapter and one of the rally’s organizers. “It’s about justice in the world. We don’t want ICE here.”
Banners carried at the rally captured the sentiments of many participants.
One read, “Never again means never again for anyone,” another playfully riffed on a popular drink with “Ice only in Spritz,” and a third directly linked local anger with events abroad: “No thank you, from Minnesota to the world, at the side of anyone who fights for human rights.”
The planned deployment of ICE agents, specifically personnel from Homeland Security Investigations, a division focused on transnational crime, isn’t typical Olympic public order policing.
Rather, they are meant to support security coordination and risk assessment, operating from control rooms rather than patrolling Milan’s streets.
Milan’s mayor, Giuseppe Sala, has been forthright in his opposition. In comments to local media last week, he described ICE as “a militia that kills… a militia that enters into the homes of people, signing their own permission slips” and insisted that they are not welcome in Milan.
For many Italians in Piazza XXV Aprile, however, assurances about nonoperational roles ring hollow.
“Even if it’s not the same ones [from violent U.S. scenes], we don’t want them here,” said Paolo Bortoletto, another protester aware of the official clarification that the agents would have an investigative rather than street role.
With less than a week until the Winter Games begin, the Italian public debate over ICE’s involvement adds an unexpected political edge to what is otherwise poised to be a celebration of athletic achievement and international cooperation.
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