President Trump called FIFA President Gianni Infantino to discuss the red card given to Team USA’s Folarin Balogun during Wednesday night’s game against Bosnia and Herzegovina, an person familiar with the conversation told The Hill. Trump later cheered the reversal, calling it an “injustice.”

FIFA said its independent panel overturned the red card suspension for Monday’s game.

  • Greyghoster@aussie.zone
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    6 hours ago

    The man’s a crook. FIFA knows that ignoring him would potentially cause a nasty reaction and has disgustingly been compliant.

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      Birds of a feather, and all that. I know Sepp Blatter has been taken out, but I haven’t had any indication that FIFA has been cleaned up.