Monday’s CBS Mornings went all-in on jabbing the U.S. Men’s National Team hours before its World Cup Round of 16 match against Belgium, declaring the team is now surrounded by “outrage” after FIFA overturned star Folarin Balogun’s controversial July 1 red card, declaring they’re now “tainted” with a “stigma” and an future victories will come with an “asterisk” because they’ve “destroy[ed] the integrity of the competition.”
Add in the fact there was a call last week from President Trump to FIFA boss Gianni Infantino wondering about if a review was possible and the liberal, elite media now have all the excuses they need to root against the United States (though, to be clear, CBS insisted they’re still hoping they win).
Co-host Gayle King was burying the U.S. from the get-go, declaring in two opening teases about “the stunning reversal” having “caus[ed] a lot of outrage” as “President Trump helped overturn” the original “controversial decision.”
Right from the start, ‘CBS Mornings’ was complaining about the “stunning reversal” of Balogun’s red card.Co-host Gayle King fretted in the opening teases “Trump help[ing] overturn a controversial decision” has “caus[ed] a lot of outrage” pic.twitter.com/fxwhYEFlsw
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 6, 2026
Moments later, King promised the show would soon be “talking about the red card reversal because people have got lots of thoughts about that.”
The idea fans (or any American) would be thrilled by this was largely absent from the ten-minute-plus coverage.
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