Trump: I got Balogun's red card overturned

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Donald Trump has admitted lobbying Gianni Infantino to overturn a US red card at the World Cup, in a phone call that has plunged Fifa into crisis. In a press conference in the Oval Office on Monday, the US president said he asked for a “review”, because he “didn’t think it was a foul”. Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/07/05/president-trump-delighted-fifa-cancel-folarin-baloguns-ban/ ► Sign up to the Telegraph's free new daily newsletter, From the Editor, bringing you the latest news, features and analysis from the Telegraph newsroom: www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/secure/newsletter/from-the-editor/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_telegraphmain ► Get the latest headlines: www.telegraph.co.uk?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_telegraphmain ► Stay ahead with a Telegraph digital subscription: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/subscription/store?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_telegraphmain https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ and https://www.youtube.com/telegraph are websites of The Telegraph, t

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