You morons are so full of ----, you weren't paying attention, now you have some small kernel to grasp on to. Anything to see America lose.
You hate that something good is happening, hate it more that its happening under Trump.
Trump didn't do anything any other country hasn't done.
From Politico Journalist.
FULL timeline of the campaign to bring Balogun back, according to a half dozen U.S. government & soccer officials:
- Wednesday after U.S.-Bosnia match: Andrew Giuliani alerted Trump to the red card (Trump & Giuliani had been talking multiple times/week since start of World Cup and regularly before that.)
- Wed night: Giuliani, Lutnick and U.S. Soccer officials began activating on plans to challenge red card
- That kicked off 4 days of coordinated lobbying, legal maneuvering & diplomacy that stretched from Oval Office to Zurich
- On *Thursday* Trump dialed Gianni Infantino and asked abt FIFA's rules around the red card decision and grounds for suspension. (They've known each other for 8 yrs.)
- FIFA declined to confirm any specific discussions but reiterated to POLITICO that the decision to suspend the one-match ban was made by an independent disciplinary committee.
- As U.S. Soccer's legal team formally prepared & submitted its appeal to FIFA, Giuliani + Lutnick offered to make White House attorneys available to assist
- At the same time, Giuliani and Scott Goodwin " a hedge-fund manager who had helped pay the salary of Mauricio Pochettino " zeroed in on the officiating history of referee Raphael Claus
-Articles examining previous controversies involving Claus circulated among senior gov officials as they evaluated every argument that could bolster the appeal
- On FIFA side, Emilio Garca, who oversees the legal affairs of FIFA, advised Infantino on the available procedural options
- Garca + other FIFA officials worked to determine whether the circumstances of Balogun's tackle met the narrow standards that would allow the disciplinary decision to be revisited
- By Sunday, FIFA announced that Balogun's one-match suspension would be suspended
- FIFA insists that the decision was an independent one made by its 18-person disciplinary committee, but it would not say whether the decision was decided through a vote, and it has not published a report on the decision.
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TL:CR
Trump only asked about the rule, the White House-affiliated lawyers offered to help the USMNT if needed, and the process went through all official channels. The player is still on a probation. Its not the first time its happened in WC.
That's the big scandal that has Lumpers dumping in their diapers.
Donald's doing this sort of thing because he knows how Obama is remembered, and he knows how he himself is going to be remembered.
Trump's mental illness tortures him on this account. His last word as he dies will be "Obama". And no one will confuse that with a boyhood sled.