I think our country can afford to be a little more invested yes. Its a good morale booster and unifier to rally behind our athletes. Think 1980 Lake Placid miracle in ice hockey and gorgeous gold medal finishes from some of our female figure skaters.
Not suggesting grotesque, communist level “win at all costs” mentality though. Of course not.
Its fine when athletes repping foreign countries train in the U.S. but it irks me when they play for countries that are so hostile to us. The IOC in general is rather biased against America.
We can #MAGA and #AmericaFirst in winter sports too!
And I quite like the diversity of the American team in both summer and winter games. 1996 Atlanta “Magnificent 7” gymnastics team case in point. Literally every race represented. Legends. All of them.