President Donald Trump says he asked FIFA president Gianni Infantino to review a red card issued to U.S. forward Folarin Balogun during the World Cup match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Multiple outlets report that Trump publicly confirms the request and frames it as a request for review rather than a demand for a specific result. Trump says he believed the incident did not involve a foul, describing it instead as two athletes colliding and becoming entangled. He also says he took credit for getting FIFA to reconsider the decision.

According to the reports, FIFA later suspended Balogun’s red-card ban, allowing him to play again. Coverage also notes that the episode is drawing attention to FIFA’s decision-making and political neutrality, with some discussion of broader implications for football governance. UEFA and other observers are mentioned in some sources as reacting to the case, though the core factual points center on Trump’s confirmation of the call, his stated reasoning, and FIFA’s subsequent overturning of the suspension so Balogun can feature in the next match against Belgium.