White House Defends Trump’s FIFA Lobbying Over ‘Suspicious’ World Cup Red Card
Andrew Giuliani, head of the White House’s World Cup taskforce, has defended Donald Trump’s lobbying of FIFA to overturn a red card for US player Folarin Balogun. Giuliani cited the referee’s past association with a match-fixing investigation and an alleged misapplication of VAR as ‘highly suspicious’ reasons for Trump’s intervention.
Despite criticism and the US team’s subsequent elimination, Giuliani lauded the World Cup as a historic success in terms of attendance and viewership, emphasizing the US’s capacity to host major global events.