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Iran footballers labelled ‘wartime traitors’ after national anthem protest

Iran’s female soccer players to receive ‘no preferential treatment’ from Australia despite brave protest sparking ‘grave’ safety concerns

Trump Champions Protections for Iranian Women’s Soccer Team

The Iranian women’s soccer was in Australia when Khamenie was killed.  As a protest to the regime, they didn’t sing the Iranian national anthem.  That could get them killed or tortured when they got back to Iran.

Australia wasn’t going to do anything to help, so Trump called the prime minister of Australia to straighten him out.  After that, the prime minister offered protection.

Trump didn’t need to help those women, but he did.

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WSJ:  Trump Is Obsessed With These $145 Shoes—and Won’t Let Anyone Leave Without a Pair

WSJ:  Trump Is Obsessed With These $145 Shoes—and Won’t Let Anyone Leave Without a Pair

“Today I’m in the Oval Office with the president,” Vance recalled to party goers. “And we’re talking about something really, really important. And the president kind of holds up his hand and says, ‘No, no, hold on a second, there’s something much more important.’

“He peers over the resolute desk, and he says, ‘Marco, JD, you guys have shitty shoes,” Vance said. “We got to get you better shoes.’ So he goes out and grabs a catalog.”

“The president is giving us four pairs of shoes,” Vance recalled. “And he’s actually asking our sizes in the middle of this conversation.”

It’s imposing for the big boss to buy shoes for his staff, but to be fair, a lot of guys do have shitty shoes.

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Sports Illustrated: Everybody Wants to Save College Sports. But From What, Exactly?

This is extraordinary.  Apparently there is a problem in college sports that may ruin some schools. 

Like him or hate him, how does President Trump have the time and effort to host a conference to address the issue?  Along with President Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Education Secretary Linda McMahon, are attending.

That is a lot of firepower for a two hour meeting about college sports, while there is a hot war going on in Iran, restructuring of Venezuela, a new Homeland Security secretary, and a ‘Shield of Americas’ summit with the leaders of a dozen Latin American countries.

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