Donald Trump has said the World Cup referee that sent off USA’s Folarin Balogun was ‘suspect’ before his intervention to get the star striker’s one-game ban overturned.
Speaking at the White House Monday, the President offered no apologies for his unprecedented move but insisted he did not demand Balogun’s ban was flipped in his phone call with FIFA’s Gianni Infantino.
The move has sparked outrage with Belgium, the USA’s next opponent, launching a dramatic late appeal to have the ban reinstated hours before kickoff in Seattle, which FIFA rejected.
Trump, however, told the Belgians that the World Cup last-16 game would have been ‘rigged’
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