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Sleazy Trump destroyed hope of national glory in a single phone call
Trump Turned a Red Card Into a Power TestNot a Soccer StoryThe surface event is simple enough: U.S. striker Folarin Balogun got a red card, faced an automatic ban, and then FIFA backed off after Donald Trump called Gianni Infantino. That is the factual core. Everything else is the damage around it.What matters is not whether Balogun should have played. What matters is that the president of the United States inserted himself into a disciplinary decision he had no legitimate role in, and the head of FIFA bent. That is the story.Who Actually Has PowerTrump does not own Team USA. He does not run…
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