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Trump reportedly spoke with FIFA president Gianni Infantino before the organization suspended a U.S. player's red card.

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-- Forbes (@forbes.com) 4:20 PM · Jul 5, 2026

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... Human rights group FairSquare said it will lodge the complaint with the IOC regarding Infantino's "repeated breach of political neutrality rules," escalating a dispute that has already seen them challenge FIFA's own ethics processes.

Infantino has been an IOC member since 2020.

FairSquare had filed a complaint with FIFA's Ethics Committee in December 2025, citing multiple instances where Infantino "expressed his public support for the actions and policies" of Trump.

"It also requests that the Ethics Committee investigate Mr Infantino's role in the decision to introduce a FIFA Peace Prize, the decision to award it to President Trump ... and the conformity of these processes with FIFA's procedural rules," FairSquare said. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-09 03:31 PM | Reply

The corruption has been in our face for a lot of years, so it feels odd to see people quite reasonably protest when the game gets rigged. Should be fascinating, since there are large parts of the world that Trump gangsters don't control...yet.

#2 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-07-10 06:40 AM | Reply

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