As the calendar rolls into late July it signals the beginning of NFL training camps getting started for the upcoming season, which begins on September 6.And just in time for the start of it, who shows up to stoke the fires of the national anthem "kneeling controversy" but Donald Trump.
Once again, this blithering idiot is attempting to distract people from his own foibles by calling out (in a Twitter "tweet" no less) the NFL owners and players for the actions several players have taken the last two years.
Trump needs to put a sock in it because he went down on TWO KNEES for Vladimir Putin, Russia's leader last week during a summit in Helsinki.
What a hypocrite!
In fact, I will call him out and continue to do so as he attempts to mislead the American people in his quest to become a dictator.
Good luck with that one because there were many who claimed former presidents Barack Obama (accused by the right wing) and George W. Bush (accused by the left wing) were trying the same stunt with their actions while occupying the Oval Office at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.
Everyone needs to just relax regarding the matter.
Problem is the former two presidents mentioned knew how to reign in their thoughts and not mindlessly "tweet" everything at various hours of the day.
Trump has no discipline and thus makes a fool of himself on a regular basis.
His display in Helsinki last week as he meekly met with Putin was a disgrace.
He actually sided with Putin over the intelligence agencies here in the United States when it comes to the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections.
That borders on treason some have said and rightfully so. NEVER in the history of the USA has a sitting president (or former POTUS for that matter) gone on record with such words.
This guy needs to just shut up and stop with the tweeting and let the NFL decide what they want to do about the players taking a knee during the national anthem.
It's none of his business.
Where does he get off trying to tell an established football league how to conduct its business?
Oh wait, that's right . . . Trump was rejected by NFL owners decades ago when he was attempting to become an owner of an NFL team after he played a big role in ruining the USFL in the mid 1980's.
Vengeance is a huge part of Trump's motives it seems.
Also remember that Trump's wrestling promoter pal Vince McMahon is bringing back the defunct XFL (football league that lasted one year back in 2001) in a couple of years. Perhaps there is personal monetary reasons for him to continually slam the NFL in an attempt to draw people to that league and perhaps line his own pockets along with McMahon and other business partners.
As the players report to training camps around the NFL this week, there is a renewed sense of attitude as 31 other teams attempt to dethrone the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. By the way, Trump claims he "dis-invited" the Eagles for a visit to the White House a couple of months ago, but the fact is most of the team refused to visit Trump in D.C. because they don't agree with his policies.
That isn't the first time players have sat out visits to the White House following a championship season. One of the first times it happened was back in 1991 when one Michael Jordan skipped the Chicago Bulls trip to visit with George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States.
Since then, it has happened on both sides of the political aisle. In fact, in 2011-12, former Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas refused to join his Stanley Cup champion teammates when they went to the White House with Barack Obama as the sitting president.
Point is it's nobody's business what the NFL owners and players decide to do this upcoming season on this matter.
Perhaps the league should go back to the days when the anthem was conducted and the players weren't even on the field yet. That changed about a decade ago when promoters and marketing gurus thought it would be a good idea to use military members (both current and former members) as props during the playing of the national anthem.
There is no controversy here and Trump needs to know that and get off the "fake news" crap he spews at his rallies to people who adore him. Fact is in the USA people have the RIGHT to choose their destination.
No one (including the president) can dictate what people of this country can or cannot do or what to think.
I personally stand at attention for the anthem at sports events and other venues when it is played, but I would never attempt to force anyone else to do the same.
That is the American way and always has been and will continue to be unless people allow themselves to eventually be dictated to.
God forbid that should ever happen here in the United States of America.
We have Rush Limbaugh as President. I don't mean that literally, like I would mean it if I'd said Sean Hannity, who really might be making the calls for the White House.
ReplyDeleteHe knows his core audience is listening every day and he insults the opposition for a few hours with red meat. If his side is looking bad in the big news, he throws out some insults and then focuses on non-stories the rest of the day.
It's no way to run a country. I hope the next person in that office doesn't continue on with his style.
He does this to rile up his base and take the focus off the fact that he is taking a knee in front of Putin, and Kim Jong Un, daily.
ReplyDeleteThat's the really scary part; that and the fact that his base doesn't seem to know, or care, about it.