🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump plans to boost military support for Ukraine to help Ukrainian army make breakthrough on front, - FT sources say
📍Ukraine's recent successes on the front have impressed Trump greatly.
📍One of the first concrete steps may be to grant Ukraine a license to produce Patriot interceptor missiles.
As a German this sounds weird but I lowkey fuck with this France team there‘s nothing you can hate about these guys. Humble, likeable players & coach. They play unbelievable football. I wouldn‘t mind at all if they win the World Cup.
UEFA is refusing to readmit Russia, which means that, for the time being, there will be no Russian clubs in the Champions League and no national team in Euro 2028 or World Cup 2030 (since the qualifiers are held by UEFA).
England, Germany and France are steadfastly against. ✊
TRUMP: Putin said, "I'd love to meet in Moscow." I don’t know if Zelenskyy would go to Moscow. Maybe he would. Would you go to Moscow?
ZELENSKYY: It’s difficult. There are lot of Ukrainian drones there. (Audience laughs) It’s dangerous.
TRUMP: Yeah, it’s hard to go to Moscow.
Today, 9 EU members blocked the European Commission's French-backed attempt to advance Serbia's EU membership, citing Serbia's refusal to join sanctions on Russia and deterioration in the rule of law.
🇬🇪Think the lineup summarises Torpedo Kutaisi really well.
Basically an unlimited budget compared to the rest of the league, yet unable to field 11 players in their appropriate positions with half the team strolling around a pitch.
0 Rationale when it comes to running a club.
⚡️Ukraine has a great future, - Trump
Ukraine has a wonderful land and strong people.
We have a great relationship with Zelensky from the Oval Office to this day.
To this, Zelensky replied: "This is not the end."
"This is the beginning," Trump responded.
🇪🇺 ambassadors today had a debate on the 🇪🇺 commission paper on 🇷🇸. 8 member states are against opening cluster 3 - 🇸🇪🇳🇱🇫🇮🇧🇪🇪🇪🇱🇹🇧🇬🇭🇷 - citing rule of law issues and lack of 🇷🇺 sanctions alignment. 🇱🇺🇱🇻🇩🇰 also unconvinced. clearly there is no consensus to move forward on this now
Brazil's 24 year World Cup drought is due to a cultural collapse. The street pitches where Pelé and Ronaldo learned the game have been paved over for real estate...and it’s no longer free - 80% of youth academies now require cash
Today Brazil has more cell phones than people and a third of kids ages 5 to 19 are overweight. You can’t replace things like the futsal courts with screens and expect to stay on top
The results are already showing at the lower level. Last year Brazil's U 20’s were eliminated from the U 20 World Cup in the group stage for the first time ever
Until this changes and Brazil recaptures their identity, the drought is not going to end
Thirty European leaders met behind closed doors in Brussels in late January. No phones were allowed, no aides, no cameras, just a five-hour conversation about one thing: how to manage a breakup with the United States.
And then, regarding Greenland, Macron said, “We are drawing a line here.”
By that point, #French troops were already in Greenland alongside #Danish special forces, reportedly preparing for the possibility of shooting US troops. Holy shit.
Trump just reiterated his desire for Greenland at the #NATO summit in Turkey.
What the US is doing is called strategic vandalism and it’s a disgrace to the US allies who bled with us during GWOT.
Even with its 2 biggest nations 🇩🇪🇮🇹 having a downfall rn + a weak Netherlands & Portugal, Europe still dominates world football. 6/8 quarter finalists.
I don‘t want to see any 🇪🇺 disrespect on my timeline no more 🦅💶🏰
🎙️ Zlatko Dalić on Croatia's relationship with FIFA:
"I've been pointing out Croatia's status with FIFA for several years, but I never received support. All the decisions we've seen, including the red card and everything else, only reinforce my belief that I was right.
I was the only national team coach in the world who refused to vote in FIFA's awards for several years, yet nobody paid attention. Now we're seeing exactly what I was talking about. We bother them.
We spoiled their party twice, and there's no chance they'll let us get close a third time. That's how I see it. We are simply not welcome, and they don't want Croatia writing the story for a third consecutive tournament." [Americana]
🇵🇱 Poland’s former Ambassador to the CoE Gacek:
Serbia in the EU would be a whole different ballgame from Orban.
This wouldn't be lobbying for Russia, it'd be Russia having a seat at the table.
Why does the EU bother when they don't want it and are problematic in so many ways?