"The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin defended President Donald Trump on Monday for intervening in FIFA's handling of U.S.soccer star Folarin Balogun's red card suspension, after Trump confirmed he asked FIFA President Gianni Infantino to review the call ahead of the United States' World Cup match against Belgium.Griffin, a former Trump White House communications aide who has become a frequent critic of the president, said she approved of the alleged favor because it helped the U.S.
team."The one Trump corruption I agree with is the red card if we are going to get into FIFA," she said."If you’re going to call in a favor, do it so that you can get one of the greatest players back on," Griffin continued."It should have been a yellow card, suspend him for a bit."TRUMP CALLED FIFA PRESIDENT TO REVIEW FOLARIN BALOGUN'S RED CARD AHEAD OF USA-BELGIUM MATCH, SOURCE SAYSAlyssa Farah Griffin said on "The View" that Trump’s alleged FIFA favor was "the one Trump corruption I agree with." (Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)However, fellow co-host Sunny Hostin accused Trump of "corruption," claiming he had personally pushed FIFA to let Balogun play despite the red card."Which means you’re supposed to be suspended for the next game and Trump made a call to FIFA and said can he still play and FIFA said, ‘Sure, we’re going to abandon all of our rules for a World Cup and let them play,’" Hostin said.Hostin, who said earlier in the show she had just returned from a vacation to Spain, claimed Europeans had been raising concerns to her about corruption in the U.S."Europeans, because I was in Spain at the time, Europeans are saying things like I can’t believe America is so corrupt," Hostin said.
"I’m like have you met the Trump administration? Have you met where we are right now?"Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment, but did not immediately receive a response. BELGIUM 'CONSIDERING ALL POSSIBLE OPTIONS' AFTER FIFA CLEARS TEAM USA...