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Furious anti-Trump voices cheer US team's crushing World Cup defeat after red card intervention

Anti-Trump voices online are celebrating the U.S. soccer team's Monday night World Cup loss to Belgium after President Donald Trump said he intervened with FIFA to help get an American star cleared to play.Folarin Balogun, a player who was integral to the U.S. team's success in the earlier rounds of the tournament, received a red card in a win over Bosnia and Herzegovina last week after stepping on the ankle of a defender while vying for the ball.Trump called FIFA President Gianni Infantino and asked the soccer organization to review the red card, which came along with a one-game suspension th...