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    This latest act of attacking NFL players is the most transparent attempt yet to manufacture a racial controversy out of nowhere. No one asked him to comment on this, it's not even a current topic in the news.

    I don't know which is sadder...Trump or the fact that he apparently sees electoral benefits in this country in picking a fight like this.

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    • The Prez is allowed to comment on current political conversation—no? Obama did it all the fucking time—and stirred up far more racial BS than the orange turd.PonyBoy
    • well... so far. :)PonyBoy
    • IDK the way I see it Obama commented maybe a handful of times on high profile issues after there was big outcry for him to say something in the black community.yuekit
    • I understand that still made certain conservatives see red...but it was always done reluctantly and not with the intention to inflame the situation.yuekit
    • Trump OTOH makes up racial controversy out of nowhere (birth certificate) and revives months old NFL issue no one was talking about.yuekit
    • Hard to read as anything other than a deliberate attempt to distract and divide people racially for his own benefit.yuekit
    • His presidency so far is a busted flush, so this and his sabre-rattling are the only things he can do.face_melter
    • Of course the mango cunt is at a golf course this weekend. Fox run the Curry thing and 20 minutes later Trump tweets about the invitation being removed.face_melter
    • I've seen toddlers with more restraint and self-awareness than this fucking basket case.face_melter
    • His fanboys are even quicker to defend his pathetic bullying. It's shameful.formed
    • very good points, yuekitmonospaced
    • Which do you think is a bigger representation of the NFL fan base? Blue liberal America, or red conservative America?IRNlun6
    • Players and the league have doubled down. I feel they're seriously miscalculating fans support for the NFL vs their own country.IRNlun6
    • Players have every right to free expression but they're going to have a hard time convincing people their action to kneel to the National Anthem...IRNlun6
    • ... shouldn't be perceived as anti-AmericanIRNlun6
    • I seriously doubt NFL fans are going to stop watching over one controversy. You overestimate peoples' loyalty to Trump.yuekit
    • it's not anti-american, thoughmonospaced
    • Likes on Trump's tweet attacking athletes = 150k. Likes on Le Bron's tweet dissing Trump = 1.3 million.yuekit
    • We'll see. Either way, players and the league now have the largest available platform to articulate their protest. They're messing up an unforeseen opportunity.IRNlun6
    • You can claim this came out of nowhere. The moment Kaepernick decided to take a knee over a year ago many saw it as anti-American.IRNlun6
    • And the same league owners that are now coming out against Trump, are the same owners who won't hire Kaepernick.IRNlun6
    • but it's not :)monospaced
    • does the season pass owning, fantasy league playing, die hard fan see this as anti-American? my money would be on yes...IRNlun6
    • Exactly, a year ago. And Trump brings it up now when there are far more serious things going on.yuekit
    • You don't seem to grasp that you're being manipulated. I wouldn't be surprised if Trump views his own base with contempt.yuekit
    • Do you think he really believed in the birth certificate BS? Do you think Trump is a devout Christian? It's all just cynical manipulation.yuekit
    • Ah, it's about me now and how I'm manipulated, ok. Good talk.IRNlun6
    • well said yuekit, again.fadein11
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