BREAKING: Trump Spoke With FIFA President Before Balogun’s Red Card Was Suspended, Report Says
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President Donald Trump spoke with FIFA president Gianni Infantino over the phone before the international soccer organization decided to suspend a red card against U.S. men’s national team striker Folarin Balogun, the New York Times reported on Sunday—allowing the star goal scorer to play in the upcoming match against Belgium in the World Cup’s Round of 16.
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Infantino also ok'd Trump keeping Chelsea's, Club World Cup Trophy (which currently resides in the Oval Office) and presenting Chelsea with a replica. Anything good that comes to America is tainted by the corruption. Trump just can't, not, can he?
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The game is being made a mockery of. When the President of the host Nation can phone and intervine, knowing who's arm He needs to twist in order to ditch the rule book for the advantage of his National team, what do You call that? Patriotic cheating?
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Stop the championship in the USA. It's all corrupt.
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@SamBereketLondonTrump cares about the birthright citizenship player?
@Brian80813TRUMP TÉLÉPHONE A LA FIFA POUR ANNULER UN CARTON ROUGE US.... Ce n'est plus du foot ça !??
Même
Al Capone,
Pablo Escobar
Salvatore Riina
Lucky luciano
Ou organisation criminelles tel que:
Costa Nostra
Camorra
Yakuza
Triades
Cartel de Sinaloa...
N'auraient pas la bassesse de ce genre d'acte
Two corrupt scumbags are on the phone, influencing the World Cup however they want. Both of them belong behind bars
@frankkiefer1313Maybe he also asked in advance for Belgium not to be given any penalties by any chance, for the faults of the USA to be ignored...
@Lola-yx9gbUSA will not stop at anything when it comes to corruption. What a nation. Must be sooooo proud
@runningdrummer4009Sorry not Sorry but Trump your a cheat simple as that and a bully
@StephenKiely-y3jThe teams still in the tournament should call off the tournament and go home.
@Dreamz-vr8zcMy question is why are countries still fighting knowing FIFA is corrupt and has already decided who the cup will be given.😢
@itsmepeople1FIFA was and is corrupt
@itsmepeople1Its called blackmail
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@civalmellici1077Trump ist ein widerlicher Möchtegerndiktator, und Infantino ein korrupter Mafiosi. Anders kann ich es mir nicht vorstellen 🤢
@Berntsch1It is known the rich and powerful normally win no matter what.
@ttt7614Never in my wildest dreams I would have imagined someone could be much worse than Blatter: welcome Infantino. What a fucking disgrace.
@marcolreginaThis ain't a World Cup, it's the Cup of Shame.
@bwzuellBelgium cant win . Trump called to tell infantino us has to win 2 to 0 .
@allekansTrump-Infantino/FIFA in crime...
How far we wanna let them go, good people of the world?
They destroying our democracy from the inside...
Narcists killed football ! Get rid of these morons . Its not the infatino or Trump show . Give foorball back to the common People. Corruption kills the worldcup ! We don t need their ugly faces on social media everyday !!
@allekansWhoever still watch fifa. Ain’t better than this 2 corrupted pigs. Boycott this corrupt regime.
@jaylenejodyLol, a whole game was stolen from.germany and almost from France, but this revoked red card is now a scandal 😂.
@SeacryBlastsAloTThe people in the stadium should react. Ignore the player. He is not there.
@Kinugo1Infantino is disgusting corrupted
@freedodgerSports are
Stupid now. So much money and corruption. It’s nauseating.
That's straight up disgraceful
@NetshadeXSuddenly Trump doesn’t mind black people ?! Trump is a big hypocrite. Trump needs to be impeached for grift. Corruption. And racism and misogyny. He’s a disgrace.
@Chris-j2w9jWhat more is there to corrupt when corruption is carried out so openly, right before the eyes of the world? 😂
@NoipionGOD BLESS AMERICA AND OUR COMMANDER AND CHIEF!!!
@teresalewis6062THEY HAD BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME ALL OVER THE WORLD, WITH ALL COUNTRIES,
PICKING FAVORITES $$$$$ WHY NOW SOUNDLY SURPRISE. GOOOO USA!!!
If the USA team's italian boss Mauricio Pochettino have any balls and a conscience he would put Balogun on the bench for the entire game, for the sake of the teams reputation and honor, but from what he has said that seems not very likely. SHAME!
@torbjrnlund903Just in: The goal of England in 1966 against Germany is being dismissed. The German chancellor just called Infantino. Congrats to Germany 🎉
@gridvidAnother example of the wealthy and/or powerful getting what they want!
@harveywong2973If the U.S. wins the world cup then no one is going to see them as a legit champ. Trump ruined it.
@definitivetruth6202If FIFA's officials counted as a national government, its corruption would be ranked worse than many dictatorships.
@misterbean4059Trump wins via cheating . That;s all he knows. Crook.
@elettnerSPORT AND POLITICS
"As a global organization, the IOC has to manage a complex reality. The IOC has to deal with the current political context and the latest developments in the world".
"The ability to bring athletes together, no matter where they come from, is fundamental to the future of values-based, truly global sport, which can give hope to the world.
"For this reason, the IOC cannot involve itself directly in political matters or conflicts between countries, as these fall outside our remit. This is the realm of politics." - IOC statement
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Did you notice? Nobody grills American tennis players about US instigated military conflicts at the post match press conferences.
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FIFA overturns US star’s red card ban after president Trump's call
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I hoped, that this year IOC, FIFA, WTA/ATP/ITF, would stop this nonsense of mixing sport with politics.
Every player should have right to play under her/his country's flag. One cannot choose the country of one's birth.
Appointing "flag police" at tennis tournaments is not even childish... it is embarrassing and insane...
Wars are run by politicians not sportsmen/sportswomen.
Why during the invasion of Iraq, 20 year bombing of Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and Pakistan not to mention the genocidal Vietnam war US, Australian, UK... athletes were allowed to compete under their national flag?
USA invaded Iraq in 2003 and yet their flag was still allowed at the World Cup 2006 in Germany and 2010 in South Africa despite the fact they were still in Iraq. A current invasion of Iran by the USA and Israel is is an apex of hypocrisy.
Either ban ALL flags of countries who go to war, or don't ban any of them.
Interestingly enough Israeli tennis players are allowed to play under the national flag despite the policy of their government towards Palestinians in Gaza and the recent invasion of Lebanon.
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"Sanctions cannot be imposed on athletes from Israel and the United States because sport must remain a beacon of hope" — IOC
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It is a matter of time before U.S. President Donald Trump is presented with the "WTA/ATP/ITF Peace Prize – Tennis Unites the World" simultaneously nominating Bibi Netanyahu for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
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All wars are equal, but some wars are more equal than others.
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"Rules for thee but not for me"
If the USA doesn't win the 2026 World Cup, they will definitely receive the honorary title of World Champion.
@Silver-e7mThis is CORRUPTION . the next came USA TEAM is winning. and Belgie is LOST.,
@FrankBuisRoyalPressAmsterdamWell shit. It’s got Trumps stink of failure all over it now. The U.S. team is doomed.
@JasonMiddelton-ep8fiTrump has sunk to a new low. The whole world will be barracking for Belgium.
@HowsTheMyopiaAnd still the American people are supporting this so called president. Shame on the USA. Instead of telling your children that you won the world cup, you can just tell them you bought the world cup. No honour at all.
@etiennustjon5704Let's Make Corruption and Crime Great Again!
@Tepo62ifyTrump is the greatest negotiator ever! GO USA!
@kmxm1FIFA..... Frauds Interfering For America 😂😂😂 corruption at its most obvious,and we all thought it was bad when blater was in charge 😂😂😂 I hope team USA get thrashed so that trump will come out and the game was fixed😂😂😂
@bagelking6364If they did it for Renaldo, then fair is fair. Moving on.
@AMERFINI agree with Trump, FIFA on this one completely. That foul was clearly unintentional.
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