President Trump praised FIFA's decision to put U.S. men's national team striker Folarin Balogun's one-game suspension for a red card on hold and allow him to play against Belgium in the Round of 16. #worldcup #usmnt #balogun #news #abcnews

So I saw the play and I'm a person that loved sports and was a good athlete and I understand sports really well, really well. And that wasn't a foul. He didn't do anything wrong and he's our best player or one of our best players. It's a very vital play. And he gave him a red card. I didn't know what that meant. I didn't think it meant much. Then I started hearing that that means he can't play in the next game, at least in the next game. I said, "Boy, that's a big, you know, it happened to another player." It would have been unfair, but when they take your best player or just about, they have some great players, and they say, "You can't play." That's very unfair. I think it's terrible. If they wouldn't allow a top player, maybe among the best players on the team, to play, I think it would have had a big stain and you want to see a game with your best players. You don't want to say, "How would you feel if I took, you know, we take Messi out." He ran it to somebody or we took Ronaldo. Ronaldo, you bumped into somebody. We're going to take you out of a game. He's great. Well, Harry Kane. Harry Kane, we're going to take you out of the game, Harry, because you happen to hit somebody a little bit harder than you can't do that. If you would have taken him out, I think it would have really stained this incredible champion. We've got to have our best players, and Belgium's got a great team, by the way. We have our best players, and they have to have their best. And if we win or we lose, it's fair. Otherwise, let's say we lost him and we lose the game. It would be a terrible thing. So I think they made a really brilliant decision. I think the referee's call was horrible.