In A Shocker, Trump Has Criticized Nike's Ad Featuring Colin Kaepernick

[DonViejo]

"I don’t like what Nike did. I don’t think it’s appropriate."

Hazel Shearing
BuzzFeed News Reporter

Posted on September 7, 2018, at 8:32 a.m. ET

President Donald Trump criticized Nike's ad campaign featuring former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, whose decision to kneel during the national anthem sparked both outcry and admiration across the country.

Trump's criticism was relatively tame when compared to his past comments on the kneeling controversy that he himself largely created and stoked.

In an interview with Fox and Friends' Pete Hegseth, conducted Thursday night in front of supporters at a rally in Billings, Montana, and aired on Friday morning, Trump knocked Nike's 30th anniversary campaign.

"I don’t like what Nike did. I don’t think it’s appropriate what they did. I honor the flag. I honor our national anthem and most of the people in this country feel the same way. They feel the same way."

When asked who would win the "cultural showdown", the President responded: "We are. We are going to win."

The players who do kneel, hold up fists, or take up other signs of protest are advocating for racial and social equality.

"Honestly, I don't know what the NFL is doing. From what I understand it’s in contracts that you have to stand for the national anthem. In fact they have something where it says you will stand, you will have the helmet on the ground and the hand on the heart. That’s what it says. I don’t know why they’re not enforcing it."

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. He can't color the flag while wearing a lapel pin, nor sing the words to the anthem.

Remind voters. Slip it into conversations.

[peekaloo]

2. The ad itself is too long for his attention span.

the last refuge of a scoundrel.

[Docreed2003]

3. "I honor the flag".....

Lol...that's a riot. Says the guy who can't even color the damn flag and never bothered to serve in the military. What a joke