US Soccer’s JT Batson deflects on Trump’s role in Balogun saga: ‘The president is the president’

USSF chief exec focuses on ‘incredible support’ of fans Won’t say if federation regrets Trump involvement US president called Fifa to lobby for red card review US Soccer Federation chief executive JT Batson made his first public remarks Thursday about the controversy surrounding Donald Trump’s involvement in this summer’s World Cup, participating in a media roundtable with US Soccer chief operating officer Dan Helfrich and Fifa head of global football development Arsène Wenger. Before the ...

By Pablo Iglesias Maurer in Atlanta