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Is Trump’s World Cup meddling a true scandal, or standard FIFA corruption?

Folarin Balogun will be allowed to play against Belgium on Monday night in the World Cup. | John Dorton/USSF/Getty Images After a tumultuous weekend for World Cup fans, US striker Folarin Balogun will play in the game against Belgium on Monday night. Maybe that doesn’t sound at all surprising, perhaps because you only learned the name Folarin Balogun today, when you heard that President Donald Trump was involved in all of this in some capacity. Maybe you heard there was an unprecedented appeal. Perhaps you know it’s controversial but you don’t know why. Good news: You’ve come to the...