Welcome to Wednesday’s Washington Secrets. Today, we give in. The World Cup is nearly over, so we are bringing you a healthy dose of political/soccer news while we quietly board a flight for Atlanta and a new skirmish in the Falklands war. If you have no idea what we are talking about, then it is probably for the best. Normal(ish) service will be resumed on Monday (or tomorrow, depending on what happens in the match).

When President Donald Trump announced that he had called the head of FIFA to protest the red card and suspension for the U.S. men’s soccer team’s star goal scorer, he framed it as a question of righting a World Cup injustice.