Trump says he asked FIFA for review of Folarin Balogun red card: ‘I didn’t think it was a foul’

Source: New York Post

WASHINGTON — President Trump claimed Monday that he asked FIFA supremo Gianni Infantino to review US striker Folarin Balogun’s red card, which would have kept him out of an elimination match against Belgium — with Trump admitting that “I didn’t think it was a foul. ” “I didn’t tell [Infantino] what to do,” the president responded to a Post reporter’s question in the Oval Office. “I can’t tell him what to do, but — and I don’t believe he made the decision.