Trump intervention causes World Cup storm as FIFA clears US striker Balogun to face Belgium

The United States’ World Cup campaign took an extraordinary turn on Sunday when FIFA suspended striker Folarin Balogun’s red-card ban, clearing him to play after President Donald Trump personally urged FIFA President Gianni Infantino to review the case.

The unprecedented move also thrust FIFA’s disciplinary process into the global spotlight and prompted an angry response from Belgium, who play the U.S. on Monday for a place in the quarter-finals....