Trump thanks FIFA after Folarin Balogun's World Cup red card suspension is reversed
Folarin Balogun was surprisingly cleared by FIFA to play for the United States Men's National Team in the World Cup against Belgium on Monday.
Folarin Balogun was surprisingly cleared by FIFA to play for the United States Men's National Team in the World Cup against Belgium on Monday.
President Donald Trump on Sunday cheered FIFA's decision to reverse a one-game suspension of U.S Men's National Team striker Folarin Balogun , allowing him to play against Belgium in Monday's World Cup match.
Balogun received a controversial red card in the U.S.'s 2-0 victory against Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday.
That normally results in an immediate one-game suspension without appeal. But the international soccer governing body reversed the suspension on Sunday.
"Thank you to FIFA for doing what was right, and reversing a great injustice!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.
FIFA, in a statement on Sunday, said: "By operation of Article 27 FDC, the implementation of the automatic match suspension for USA player Folarin Balogun is suspended for a probationary period of one (1) year."
Balogun is a U.S. citizen by birth who grew up in the United Kingdom.
Trump last week lost a case at the Supreme Court challenging birthright citizenship, with a majority of justices ruling that individuals born in the U.S. are U.S. citizens. Trump last year issued an executive order that sought to restrict birthright citizenship sharply.
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