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The Biggest Soccer Match in American History. Trump Inserts Himself into the World Cup.
FIFA, Balogun, and the Trump Jinx. July 4/America 250/Independents Day Reflections.
It's America 250 week, the World Cup has swept through New York, and tonight Team USA plays Belgium in what host Paul Rieckhoff calls the biggest US soccer match in his lifetime. Naturally, Donald Trump has already elbowed his way into the story — publicly pressuring FIFA over Folarin Balogun's red card, then taking credit for the reversal, and floating that if the US loses, the match might be rigged. Paul draws the contrast that matters: a young Brooklyn-born striker handling injustice with grace versus an…
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