Turkish President Erdogan:

We do not attach the slightest importance to the slander directed at our country by a criminal network whose hands are stained with the blood of 73,000 innocent people in Gaza, most of them women and children.

Our history contains no genocide, no massacres, no oppression, and no colonialism.

Throughout our thousands of years of glorious history, there has been only justice and compassion.

Turkish President Erdogan:

Our history is marked by the virtue of providing refuge to those fleeing the Inquisition and Nazi persecution.

Those who slander Türkiye and the Turkish nation in an attempt to deflect attention from the barbarity they are committing in Gaza know this best—if only they were to look at their own history.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:

Without immigration, Spain would lose 19% of its gross domestic product by 2050 and 22% by 2075.

90,000 bars would be forced to shut down.

While others unfortunately use migration for political purposes, we are making migration policy.

Trump:

The Supreme Court upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for our Country, but we can easily make it up in Congress through Legislation, with the support of the President, that has now been determined during this process.

No long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary! Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, Birthright Citizenship.

They will have my Complete and Total Support!

WATCH: Two Ukrainian Flamingo missiles strike a Russian arms plant in Volgograd.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:

In a country like Spain—as in much of the Western world—which is facing a demographic winter, immigration, together with the family policies this government has been implementing, helps meet labor market needs, supports the welfare state, and keeps many communities alive.

I remember last summer, while wildfires were devastating many regions of our country, meeting the mayor of Villablino, in León.

He told me they wanted migrants to come to their town so they could keep their schools open and sustain their municipality.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:

No society has ever advanced by building walls between people who share the same future.

Societies move forward by expanding rights, strengthening coexistence, and committing to integration.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:

The reality of Spain is not the messages of hatred that spread across social media.

The reality is the neighbor who helps, the colleague who teaches, the teacher who stands by others, and the neighborhood that welcomes everyone in need.

That is the real Spain. That is the country we are, and the country we will continue to be.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:

Being part of a community requires shared rules—rules that we have established democratically.

In Spain, those rules are clear: democratic values, equality between men and women, the rights and freedoms of LGBTQ+ people, freedom of expression, the secular nature of the state, and respect for the rule of law, whether you were born in Amurrio or in Dakar.

These are not conditions for some and privileges for others. They are the rules for everyone.

Trump:

I would like to congratulate President Xi, and the Great Country of China, on their massive Birthright Citizenship WIN!

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin celebrated Iran's World Cup exit, telling reporters, "I'm just glad they're done, and they're not coming back."

He added that he was "so happy" officials were able to revoke the team's visas, saying he "might've sung a song or two or maybe even danced a happy dance," and noted he was "very happy they're going back because there wasn't a single team that we dealt with more than them."

Source: Sports Business Journal

Macron delivers a speech on the death penalty — sunglasses on, indoors:

The death penalty has never made a society safer.

Never. Because it does not deter. That is false. It has been shown, observed, measured.

It can be a weapon. It is never a shield.

NEW: Poland halts MiG-29 jet transfer to Ukraine after drone-tech deal stalls.

Poland will not deliver additional MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine after Kyiv refused to share drone technology, Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said.

Talks on transferring the remaining MiG-29s in the Polish Air Force — beyond the 14 already delivered — had been underway since December.

Warsaw had set the transfer of Ukrainian know-how in drone development and counter-drone systems (with missile technology also reportedly on the table) as a condition.

Kyiv did not deliver, and the deal has stalled.

Iran's Ghalibaf to the U.S:

If they refuse to implement what was discussed, we are also prepared for war.

Iran's Ghalibaf:

Even now that we are negotiating with America, we are not negotiating with a friend.

We are negotiating with an untrustworthy enemy who will definitely take action against us whenever they find the opportunity.

In truth, a person can negotiate well only if they are also prepared for war.

If it becomes necessary to do this through war and fire, we will do it. We said that if they respond, we will definitely respond again.

Lebanese Army is being placed at the service of the Zionist regime so that it can ensure the security of the Zionist regime.

Netanyahu:

Let me tell you something: The war is never over.

Do you want to live? In the Middle East, and in the world, you must be very strong.

We are very strong. Israel is stronger than ever.

Iran's Ghalibaf:

From the day the blockade was actually lifted until today, we have exported over 40 million barrels of oil — and this happened in just the last 10 or 12 days.

But in the previous 50 or 60 days, we truly didn't export even a single barrel of oil. We were entirely tied up with this issue.

The text of the understanding states that passage through the strait without charge is only for 60 days.

Iran will under no circumstances back down from its rights in the Strait of Hormuz. These are our territorial waters.

JD Vance on Lebanon:

Lebanon and Israel are talking to each other directly in a way that they weren't a few months ago. They both are sort of broadly aligned.

And you could even make an argument that if you harmonize the Lebanon–Israel peace deal with the agreement signed between the United States and Iran, what both of those documents fundamentally say is that Lebanon's territorial integrity will be respected.

So things have definitely changed. I think the question is whether that change is durable.

Source: The Michael Knowles Show