Pro-MAGA Sports Pundit Rooting Against US in World Cup After Trump Pushed for ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Star to Play

Source: www.mediaite.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:48:24 GMT

Jason Whitlock ranted he is cheering for Belgium instead of the USA after President Donald Trump pushed FIFA to reinstate star striker Folarin Balogun. The post Pro-MAGA Sports Pundit Rooting Against US in World Cup After Trump Pushed for ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Star to Play first appeared on Mediaite.

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The same story across the political spectrum (15 sources)

Left: US Soccer Doesn’t Need a Big, Orange Thumb on the Scale — www.motherjones.com
Center-Left: FIFA Gives Trump Exactly What He Wants — www.theintercept.com
Center-Left: Trump threatens America's World Cup goodwill with one phone call — www.axios.com
Center-Left: Trump Wanted a U.S. Soccer Star to Play in the World Cup. FIFA Found a Way. — www.nytimes.com
Center-Left: Trump’s World Cup intervention has ruined the game | Robert Reich — www.theguardian.com
Center-Right: Balogun, Trump and FIFA’s World Cup red card controversy: 5 things to know — thehill.com

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