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Trump/FIFA Corruption - He Told FIFA to Reverse Folarin Balogun's Red Card Suspension and It Worked
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During the USA vs Bosnia and Herzegovina World Cup match, USMNT star Folarin Balogun received a red card that would have suspended him for the following game against Belgium. FIFA rules have worked that way for 60 to 70 years. Trump called FIFA President Gianni Infantino to ask for a review. On Sunday, FIFA announced the suspension had been reversed, the first such reversal since 1962.
At the time of the red card, multiple videos flagged the referee as someone connected to a game-fixing scandal in Brazilian soccer. Whether the ref was corrupt, FIFA bent to presidential pressure, or both things are simultaneously true is the question Hawk leaves open.
Infantino had previously visited Trump in the Oval Office and brought a gold replica of the World Cup trophy. Trump is scheduled to present the actual trophy at the championship match. Hawk notes the line between those facts without claiming a formal arrangement, while pointing out that a sitting president calling FIFA to reinstate his country's star player is its own category of problem entirely.
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