Trump: If Belgium beat us, I’d say it was rigged. Just like the 2020 election was.
https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/2074163721627160593
That is the precedent people are arguing about now.
One controversial call is part of soccer.
A belief that powerful countries can get different treatment is much harder for a tournament to recover from.
The Sun (USA thrown out threat): https://www.the-sun.com/sport/16645502/
Telegraph (Trump phone call delighted): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/07/05/president-trump-delighted-fifa-cancel-folarin-baloguns-ban/
The Sun (Trump admits not know red card): https://www.the-sun.com/sport/16643866
CNN (political storm analysis): https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/06/politics/trump-world-cup-balogun-red-card-infantino-analysis
Yahoo Sports (USA vs Belgium date with destiny): https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/usa-face-belgium-world-cup-071714933.html
Extra verification Athletic NYT (Trump confirm call): https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7425705/2026/07/06/trump-balogun-world-cup-red-card/
Fox Sports (Belgium fury all time scandal): https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/world-cup/fifa-world-cup-2026-folarin-balogun-ban-suspended-red-card-donald-trump-intervention-white-house-reaction/news-story/a266fe935ec1d458794e2c6c6584ac39
David Crisafulli mafia clan connections????
It’s alleged the premier is from a Sicilian mafia family and he serves the Euro houses who always push communism, which might explain the weaponization of separation and communist DV laws which blames men and gives women a pass. This is straight out of Karl Marx ‘The Principles of Communism’
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm
See for yourself!
https://en.lasicilia.it/news/news/3054438/clan-cappello-among-the-factions-here-are-the-names-of-those-in-charge.html
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389465687_The_fight_against_organised_crime_and_mafia-type_associations_in_Italy_merits_and_problems_in_J-B_Perrier_Jean-Baptiste_dir_Europes_et_justice_penale_Dalloz_2023_p_141-166
https://it-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Clan_Crisafulli?_x_tr_sl=it&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
https://www.wikimafia.it/wiki/Operazione_Terra_Bruciata
https://www.repubblica.it/protagonisti/Biagio_Crisafulli/