Trump intervention casts World Cup shadow as U.S. loses to Belgium

Fans, players and authorities had been outraged at President Donald Trump’s intervention so that U.S. star Folarin Balogun could face the Red Devils.

LONDON — Justice well and truly served. That was the verdict of Belgium’s victorious stars — and many in Europe — after the United States was unceremoniously dumped from the World Cup.

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