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\u201cJimmy Kimmel Live<\/a>\u201d guest host Tiffany Haddish<\/a> mocked President Donald Trump<\/a> on Monday for meddling in the World Cup over the weekend by reaching out to FIFA president Gianni Infantino<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cOne of our star players was supposed to be suspended from tonight\u2019s game, but Donald Trump personally called<\/a> the head of FIFA to get the player reinstated,\u201d she said. \u201cWhich is surprising, because Trump doesn\u2019t know anything about soccer \u2015 and it\u2019s the first time he\u2019s ever defended a Black person!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Haddish, who is the first of Kimmel\u2019s summer guest hosts as he takes some time off, offered some sarcastic praise for the president. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cHe\u2019s growing, y\u2019all. He\u2019s growing! He\u2019s growing!\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m so proud of him.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n U.S. star forward Folarin Balogun had been handed a red card<\/a> for stepping on another player\u2019s ankle during last week\u2019s game against Bosnia and Herzegovina. That should have kept him out of Monday\u2019s game against Belgium. But Balogun was reinstated after Trump\u2019s phone call. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The move left rivals livid. The European soccer body UEFA said the decision to suspend the red card \u201ccrossed a red line<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n