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Trump admits he asked FIFA to review Balogun's ban
Donald Trump acknowledged today that he personally asked FIFA to review Folarin Balogun’s suspension.
According to the transcript reported by Politico journalist Sophia Cai, the former president said he had spoken directly with Gianni Infantino, whom he described as a “highly respected man.”
Trump claimed credit for FIFA taking action and ruled out any involvement by Joe Biden in the matter. “It wasn’t Biden, Biden was asleep,” he said.
Trump believes Balogun did not commit a foul
Trump himself justified his request by citing his own sporting judgment on the play. He argued that he did not consider the contact between Balogun and his opponent a foul, but rather an accidental collision between “two great athletes.”
The president insisted that his intervention was limited to asking for a review, without demanding any specific outcome. “All I did was ask for a review. I didn’t say they had to do this,” he clarified.
The remarks come in the middle of an ongoing dispute between the RBFA and FIFA over the lack of explanation for the lifting of Balogun’s suspension. Trump’s direct involvement adds a new political dimension to a controversy already marked by accusations of institutional opacity.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in here.
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