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"Personally I don't think Trump will give a toss" Disagree - he would hate to miss the chance to show the world “how great America is”. | |||
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"They didn't boycott the WC in Russia after they invade Ukraine. They won't boycott this. " The World Cup was in Russia in the summer of 2018. Ukraine was invaded by Russia in February 2022. However Mystic Meg carried out a one person boycott of the final. | |||
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"They didn't boycott the WC in Russia after they invade Ukraine. They won't boycott this. The World Cup was in Russia in the summer of 2018. Ukraine was invaded by Russia in February 2022. However Mystic Meg carried out a one person boycott of the final. " Funny, last time I checked Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. | |||
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"They didn't boycott the WC in Russia after they invade Ukraine. They won't boycott this. The World Cup was in Russia in the summer of 2018. Ukraine was invaded by Russia in February 2022. However Mystic Meg carried out a one person boycott of the final. Funny, last time I checked Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. " Just the point I was going to make 👍 | |||
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"There has been sort talk in various news outlets of as yet a couple of countries boycotting the world Cup over Trump trying to bully the world into submission over his desire to take over Greenland and ultimately all the America's So what do we think about this? Personally I'm not a great football fan anyway so from th sport prospective I'm not bothered about it, but as a spectacle and event it's huge. Do we think Trump would care if a large number of the world's teams didn't attend in protest? Would it make a blind bit of difference?" If enough countries said we are pulling out it would not only make the World Cup pointless but it would also mark the end for the leadership of fifa after he presented Trump with that peace trophy, the sycophantic prat | |||
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"Do we think Trump would care if a large number of the world's teams didn't attend in protest? Would it make a blind bit of difference?" He would be incandescent if, somehow (unfortunately, unlikely), audiences /viewing figures took a nosedive and it was a huge financial flop. Both tRump and FIFA deserve bloody noses! | |||
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"Football fans love football. Only Greenlanders love Greenland. " The huge allure is that the Greenlanders are sitting on a treasure trove of rare earth elements, including neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium, which are crucial for modern tech like electric vehicles and wind turbines. The island's mineral wealth also includes uranium, iron, copper, zinc, and gold. The US, China, and Russia are all vying for a piece of the action, with Trump's administration pushing to secure Greenland's resources. The Arctic region is becoming increasingly important geopolitically, with new shipping routes emerging as the ice melts. But extracting these resources won't be easy – the harsh environment, lack of infrastructure, and environmental regulations pose significant challenges. | |||
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"Football fans love football. Only Greenlanders love Greenland. The huge allure is that the Greenlanders are sitting on a treasure trove of rare earth elements, including neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium, which are crucial for modern tech like electric vehicles and wind turbines. The island's mineral wealth also includes uranium, iron, copper, zinc, and gold. The US, China, and Russia are all vying for a piece of the action, with Trump's administration pushing to secure Greenland's resources. The Arctic region is becoming increasingly important geopolitically, with new shipping routes emerging as the ice melts. But extracting these resources won't be easy – the harsh environment, lack of infrastructure, and environmental regulations pose significant challenges." The World Cup only happens every 4 years. Wales are yet to secure their place at the 2026 World Cup ...right? | |||
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"Trump lives rent free in 99.9% of the world human populations head. All I hear at work is trump this trump that . Blah Blah Blah He loves all that attention I bet. I'd sooner watch paint dry and couldn't care less. " Then you're just ignorant | |||
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"Football fans love football. Only Greenlanders love Greenland. The huge allure is that the Greenlanders are sitting on a treasure trove of rare earth elements, including neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium, which are crucial for modern tech like electric vehicles and wind turbines. The island's mineral wealth also includes uranium, iron, copper, zinc, and gold. The US, China, and Russia are all vying for a piece of the action, with Trump's administration pushing to secure Greenland's resources. The Arctic region is becoming increasingly important geopolitically, with new shipping routes emerging as the ice melts. But extracting these resources won't be easy – the harsh environment, lack of infrastructure, and environmental regulations pose significant challenges. The World Cup only happens every 4 years. Wales are yet to secure their place at the 2026 World Cup ...right? " Sorry, I know nothing at all about the topic it holds zero interest for me. It's said that sport is an instrument of government employed to control the revolting masses! 😅 | |||
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"Football fans love football. Only Greenlanders love Greenland. The huge allure is that the Greenlanders are sitting on a treasure trove of rare earth elements, including neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium, which are crucial for modern tech like electric vehicles and wind turbines. The island's mineral wealth also includes uranium, iron, copper, zinc, and gold. The US, China, and Russia are all vying for a piece of the action, with Trump's administration pushing to secure Greenland's resources. The Arctic region is becoming increasingly important geopolitically, with new shipping routes emerging as the ice melts. But extracting these resources won't be easy – the harsh environment, lack of infrastructure, and environmental regulations pose significant challenges. The World Cup only happens every 4 years. Wales are yet to secure their place at the 2026 World Cup ...right? Sorry, I know nothing at all about the topic it holds zero interest for me. It's said that sport is an instrument of government employed to control the revolting masses! 😅" Bread & circuses | |||
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"Trump will be doing his utmost to piss off the Euro/FIFA countries up to and through the World Cup. May find bans on players who have posts that are "unamerican". They could move the US fixtures to Europe at reasonably short notice. " Interesting point. Prevent all the top foreign players from entering the country because of some age old remark online. Rigged fight! | |||
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"'....a group of 23 politicians from Labour, the Lib Dems, Green Party and Plaid Cymru have signed a motion in parliament, asking for major international sporting bodies to suspend the US. They claim that major sporting events "should not be used to legitimise or normalise violations of international law by powerful states"'. (sportbible.com, 15th Jan)" And I bet you the same 23 hand-wringers signed a motion calling major international sporting bodies to suspend Israel over Gaza. But I bet the 23 didn’t sign any motion for major international sporting bodies to suspend China over the persecution or genocide of the Uyghurs or the treatment of Taiwan or the crackdown on human rights in Hong Kong. Or ask for the suspension of Sudan over their bloodthirsty civil war. Or Ethiopia over the bloody war and incursions into Eritrea. Or Yemen… or… Oddly predictable stuff. | |||
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"Football fans love football. Only Greenlanders love Greenland. " Is Donald Trump from Greenland then? He seems to love the place. | |||
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"'....a group of 23 politicians from Labour, the Lib Dems, Green Party and Plaid Cymru have signed a motion in parliament, asking for major international sporting bodies to suspend the US. They claim that major sporting events "should not be used to legitimise or normalise violations of international law by powerful states"'. (sportbible.com, 15th Jan)" Why would 'international sporting bodies' listen to a bunch of anemic lefties cobbled together from labour/lib-dems/greens/the welsh ones ....? Ed Davey and Zac Polanski threatening to go on a hunger strike are they? Better still ... they could recreate John and Yoko's 'Bed-In' from 1969. That'll grab the headlines and no mistake. | |||
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"Have you seen the balls they intend to use in the world cup ?" Orange? | |||
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