According to a Dan Patrick Show source, FIFA's Mohammed al-Kamali of the UAE unilaterally lifted Folarin Balogun's automatic red-card ban without informing the rest of the committee.
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Tommy flags a detail from the Dan Patrick Show: a source told Patrick that FIFA committee chairman Mohammed al-Kamali of the UAE made the decision to lift Balogun's ban alone, without informing the rest of the committee. The UAE is among the most commercially entangled parties with Trump's business interests. Ben says this was entirely predictable: if Trump wants something fixed in the Gulf, you know who he calls. He's more frustrated with sports podcasters who ran away from the story than with Trump himself — every soccer fan on Earth cared about this, and pretending otherwise was pure audience cowardice. Both hosts are clear that they didn't think the original call should have been a red card — but Trump's intervention has turned the US team into international villains regardless of whether they deserved the win.
According to a Dan Patrick Show source, FIFA chairman Mohammed al-Kamali of the UAE unilaterally lifted Folarin Balogun's automatic red-card ban without informing the committee. The UAE is deeply tied to Trump family business interests. Ben Rhodes says it was entirely predictable: if Trump wants something fixed, he goes through the Gulf.
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