Trump’s World Cup intervention has ruined the game | Robert Reich
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Key context: <p>We try to teach our children to follow the rules. Now an American president has chosen the opposite tack</p><p>I’m rooting for the US as we take on Belgium today in Seattle for a place in the World Cup quarterfinals.</p><p>But the game isn’t what it was – before Trump <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/06/trump-fifa-balogun-red-card-review-intervention">asked Fifa president Gianni Infantino </a>to review the suspension of the US’s top scorer, striker Folarin Balogun, who got a red card in a match against Bosnia and Herzegovina and would otherwise have been suspended from Monday’s match.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/06/trump-world-cup-intervention">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
We try to teach our children to follow the rules. Now an American president has chosen the opposite tackI’m rooting for the US as we take on Belgium today in Seattle for a place in the World Cup quarterfinals.But the game isn’t what it was – before Trump asked Fifa president Gianni Infantino to review the suspension of the US’s top scorer, striker Folarin Balogun, who got a red card in a match against Bosnia and Herzegovina and would otherwise have been suspended from Monday’s match. Continue reading...
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