Viral German World Cup fan Freddy invited for White House visit as fairy-tale trip across America continues
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118+ best Amazon Prime Day deals, hand-picked and updated live for 2026 SoccerViral German World Cup fan Freddy invited for White House visit as fairy-tale trip across America continues
By Ryan Canfield, Fox News Published June 20, 2026, 4:35 a.m. ETSee more of our coverage in your search results.
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Freddy, the German soccer fan who has gone viral live-tweeting his fairy-tale experience in the United States, has another major visit on his docket.
Ambassador Nick Adams, who is the Special Presidential Envoy for American, Tourism, Exceptionalism and Values in the Trump administration, confirmed to Fox News Digital that Freddy has been invited to the White House.
Adams said he caught wind of Freddy early on during his trip to America and immediately became a “massive fan.”
Adams called Freddy’s journey to the United States a “fabulous thing for our country.”
“Freddy is one of hundreds of thousands of visitors coming to the USA and experiencing the incredible hospitality and generosity of the American people,” Adams told Fox News Digital in a recent interview over the phone.
“There is no place like America. We are the largest, loudest and most exciting destination on earth. And the things like unlimited chips and salsa, Buc-ee’s, Bass Pro Shops, Route 44s at Sonic delivered by young men and women on roller skates delivered right to your car door.
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“These are all experiences and opportunities that you can’t get anywhere else. We are one country, but really the 50 states are like 50 different countries.”
Adams said he knew he had to reach out when Freddy declared his love for country music star Ella Langley.
“I think it was the Ella Langley declaration that he was a big Ella Langley fan. So am I. And I thought this is exactly the kind of kind of guy that is taken to America. What a great ambassador for our country. What a great person to have representing what America is really like,” Adams said.
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Freddy was invited to Langley’s concert on Thursday night and got to meet her. Visiting with Langley was one of many surreal experiences the German soccer fan has gotten to experience during his trip to America.
The German soccer fan and his two friends have been given tours of the New Orleans Saints’ and New Orleans Pelicans’ facilities, been put up in a hotel by Houston Texans great JJ Watt, took a tour of LSU and Tiger Stadium, hung out with the Houston Police Department, met the mayor of Houston, and took a tour of the International Space Station with NASA.
Adams, who has family that is German and speaks the language fluently, said that he was able to connect with Freddy and invite him for a tour of the State Department, the White House, and an opportunity to see the “most beautiful capitol of the world” in Washington, D.C.
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Adams said it was important to recognize Freddy as someone who isn’t from America but loves the country nonetheless.
“I think it’s really important that we recognize people that truly love and appreciate our country that are not Americans. People that genuinely come here and feel a great affection for the American people and the American way of life, and all of the things that make us so unique and so exceptional,” Adams said.
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“Americans are the most hospitable people and, as the ambassador for tourism, the tourism minister of the United States, the onus is on me to exemplify that very hospitality by extending an invitation for Freddy to come and have an unforgettable once-in-a-lifetime experience to see up close and personal the inside of the White House.”
Adams said he has not spoken with President Trump about Freddy yet but knows the German fan will be “very welcome.”
“I haven’t had an opportunity to speak to the president yet about it, but the president is usually aware of a lot of what’s going on. That much I can assure you. I think that Freddy is going to be very welcome.
Freddy is one of many fans who are having an incredible first experience in America through their World Cup trip. Adams is thrilled that the world is now getting an unfiltered view of what foreigners think of America.
“No one puts on a spectacle like America, and no one is as friendly and as welcoming and as hospitable as the American people.
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“I’m just so happy that the defamation of America and the American people by a lot of the international news media and by people with a vested interest to attack America that are envious of us, that now through social media, which is a direct unfiltered view into what people really think,” Adams said.
“We’re getting the true story and the true sentiments of everyday people from around the world about America and about the American people.”
Adams called America’s hospitality the “industry gold standard,” and said the World Cup has helped dispel so many notions about the country.
“That American hospitality is the industry gold standard. That rather than hearing through fake news narratives about how awful America is and how unsafe it is and how expensive it is, and how inhospitable and unwelcoming Americans are to people from other countries.
“We always knew that was absolute nonsense. And now we have very solid proof and evidence by these Japanese tourists, by these German tourists, by people from every country that have come over here to experience the World Cup,” Adams said.
“We’re unrivaled. We’re unmatched. We’re unparalleled in landscapes and offerings. Whatever you’re into, whatever you like, America’s got it.”
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Badenoch blasts 'moaning' female Labour MPs over Burnham jobs 'quota'
Kemi Badenoch has told Labour women to earn a job in Andy Burnham's Cabinet instead of demanding they are handed jobs because of their gender.
The Tory leader lashed out today amid reports that female MPs are demanding the de-facto new prime minister introduce a 50:50 gender split 'quota' in his government.
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister also complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts.
But in a scathing article in the Times today Mrs Badenoch told them to 'stop moaning' and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'.
'There are many, many reasons why you shouldn't have any Milibands in the cabinet,' she said.
'But complaining that the boys haven't given them the right jobs or that the boys are taking all the jobs, just shows that Labour's women still don't get it.'
The idea of quotas was also attacked by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Labour's Skills Minister.
Asked by Times Radio if Mr Burnham should reserve jobs for women, she said: 'No, I think what Andy Burnham should be doing is building the very best team around him to change this country.'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband (above, right, in 2010) is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts
But Mrs Badenoch told them to pipe down and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party and seen by the BBC has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs after he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer.
'We are asking you to demonstrate this change from day one and address the toxicity and misogyny within our own party and government,' it said.
Labour has never had a female leader, while the Conservatives have had three, and Mrs Badenoch urged the government to follow its meritocratic example.
'If you run a meritocracy, then you do not have to worry about jobs for the boys,' she wrote.
'Every woman who is a Conservative MP, every woman who has ever won the leadership, has had to fight to get where she is.
'By contrast, Labour women are demanding guarantees from Burnham. But the truth is he doesn't have to give any guarantees.
'If none of Labour's women are prepared to get their hands dirty and challenge him for the leadership, their demands are toothless.'
'In fact, it's quite revealing that the women's parliamentary Labour Party has written to Burnham asking him to commit himself to at least 50 per cent female ministers.
'This has nothing to do with meritocracy. It is yet more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country.'
