Trump on World Cup red card reversal: "He didn't do anything wrong"

Fortune

On Monday, President Donald Trump said he asked FIFA to review the red card issued to U.S. star striker Folarin Balogun.  Balogun, who has scored three goals in this year's World Cup tournament, was shown a red card and ejected from last week's U.S. match against Bosnia and Herzegovina after fouling a defender. Under FIFA rules, a red card typically results in an automatic one-game suspension.  After FIFA suspended the one-game ban, Balogun was cleared to play in the U.S. men's national team's World Cup Round of 16 match against Belgium on Monday.

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00:00you know it's one thing to penalize somebody for the game but how do you penalize them for a game

00:04that hasn't been played yet it's very unfair you can't do that so yes i asked for a review

00:09by fifa i think they made a really brilliant decision i think the referee's call was horrible

00:14and nobody talks about that they talk about the red card like it's fine nobody talks the

00:18referee's decision to red card i didn't know what the hell a red card was when i found out i

00:24said

00:24you got to be kidding this guy just hands up okay your best player is not going to play next

00:28week or

00:29in the next game i said wow that's a lot of power that's terrible but then i looked at his

00:33past

00:34and it wasn't so great

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