“All I did was ask for a review. I didn’t say, ‘You have to do this,’” Trump said from the Oval Office, adding that he “didn’t think it was a foul.” He referred to the incident as “two guys running full speed that happened to crash into each other.”
“He didn’t do anything wrong,” Trump said of the US player.
The comments represent the first detailed account from Trump on his conversation with Infantino.
“I didn’t tell him what to do, I can’t tell him what to do,” he said, adding that an independent committee “made the right decision.”
Trump also called the referee’s integrity into question, saying the referee was a “little bit suspect” as he encouraged reporters to “check his past.”
Diaper Don is at it again.