Faulty reasoning signals

• Confirmation Bias - 4.1% (14 hits)
• Anchoring Bias - 5.8% (20 hits)
• Availability Heuristic - 8.4% (29 hits)
• Representativeness Heuristic - 0%
• Hindsight Bias - 9.6% (33 hits)
• Overconfidence Bias - 1.2% (4 hits)
• Framing Effect - 12.8% (44 hits)
• Loss Aversion - 0%
• Status Quo Bias - 0%
• Sunk Cost Effect - 0%
• Optimism Bias - 7.3% (25 hits)
• Pessimism Bias - 4.1% (14 hits)

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Trump asked FIFA to review US World Cup star Folarin Balogun's red card ban: Sources

This morning, questions being raised after word that President Trump asked

FIFA to review the red card penalty given to US men's soccer star Folarin Balogun.

Last week, this controversial foul on a Bosnian player led to Balogun receiving the red card.

He was ejected and was suspended from the next game,

which is tonight against Belgium.

Many experts were quick to call the red card undeserved, but FIFA insisted teams

cannot appeal red cards.

Presidents, however, apparently can.

Sources say President Trump called FIFA President Gianni Infantino and asked him to review

the suspension.

And yesterday, the organization made the surprise announcement saying it would allow Balogun, the top US goal scorer, to play

tonight saying his red card would now be suspended for a probationary period of one year.

President Trump responding, "Thank you to FIFA for doing what was right and reversing a great injustice."

Infantino has described Trump as a friend and last year awarded him the first-ever FIFA Peace Prize.

>> This is truly one of the great honors of my life.

>> Balogun's teammates are relieved.

>> Obviously, um, for us, it gives us a boost. We're really excited.

>> But other teams outraged by FIFA's decision.

>> It's a bad bad bad bad bad decision. Not good for the sport.

>> As for Belgium, who will now have to defend against Balogun tonight,

their coach is mocking the decision invoking April Fools' Day saying, "I didn't know that at the World Cup the 5th of July is actually the 1st of April."

But the red card reversal is not unprecedented. Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo was given a red card just before the World Cup, which would have sidelined him for the start of the tournament.

But FIFA intervened allowing him to serve the suspension at a later date.

The White House has not responded to requests for comment regarding President Trump's potential role in FIFA's decision.

Sophie Flay, ABC News, New York.