The backlash over Colin Kaepernick’s appearance in Nike’s latest ad campaign continues: Now President Trump has weighed in. „I think it’s a terrible message,“ Trump tells the… Sports News Summaries.
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The backlash over Colin Kaepernick’s appearance in Nike’s latest ad campaign continues: Now President Trump has weighed in. „I think it’s a terrible message,“ Trump tells the Daily Caller . „I think it’s a terrible message that they’re sending and the purpose of them doing it, maybe there’s a reason for them doing it, but I think as far as sending a message, I think it’s a terrible message and a message that shouldn’t be sent. There’s no reason for it.“ The ad features Kaepernick, who started the controversial NFL anthem protests and who is now accusing NFL owners of colluding to keep him off any team’s roster, overlaid with the message, „Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.“
Trump conceded, though, „As much as I disagree with the Colin Kaepernick endorsement, in another way—I mean, I wouldn’t have done it. In another way, [but] it is what this country is all about, that you have certain freedoms to do things that other people think you shouldn’t do, but I personally am on a different side of it.“ Trump also noted „Nike is a tenant of mine. They pay a lot of rent,“ referring to Niketown New York at 6 East 57th Street in New York City. Meanwhile, the AP reports that in the league’s first statement since Nike announced the ad campaign, an NFL exec says the social justice issues raised by Kaepernick and other players „deserve our attention and action“ and that the league supports players promoting „meaningful, positive change in our communities.“
