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\nAs Nike made former NFL player and national anthem protester, Colin Kaepernick, one of the faces of their \u201cJust Do It\u201d 30th anniversary campaign, President Donald Trump didn’t shy away from commenting.
Trump said Nike sent a \u201cterrible message\u201d using the former San Fransisco 49ers quarterback. However, he added, the business decision \u201cis what this country is all about,\u201d he told The Daily Caller.
Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything. #JustDoIt pic.twitter.com\/SRWkMIDdaO
\u2014 Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) September 3,2018
The controversy started in 2016 when Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem in protest of police brutality and racial inequality.
The president told The Daily Caller on Tuesday that \u201cthere’s no reason\u201d for a large athletic company like Nike to use Kapernick for their campaign.
\u201cBut I think it\u2019s a terrible message that they\u2019re sending and the purpose of them doing it, maybe there\u2019s a reason for them doing it,\u201d Trump said. \u201cBut I think as far as sending a message, I think it\u2019s a terrible message and a message that shouldn\u2019t be sent. There\u2019s no reason for it.\u201d
As a businessman himself, Trump said that Nike has the right as a company to make its own business decisions.
\u201cAs much as I disagree with the Colin Kaepernick endorsement, in another way \u2014 I mean, I wouldn\u2019t have done it,\u201d Trump said.
\u201cIn another way, it is what this country is all about, that you have certain freedoms to do things that other people think you shouldn\u2019t do, but I personally am on a different side of it,\u201d he added.
The issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race. It is about respect for our Country, Flag and National Anthem. NFL must respect this!
\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 25,2017
The trip by @VP Pence was long planned. He is receiving great praise for leaving game after the players showed such disrespect for country!
\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9,2017
Can you believe that the disrespect for our Country, our Flag, our Anthem continues without penalty to the players. The Commissioner has lost control of the hemorrhaging league. Players are the boss! https:\/\/t.co\/udXP5MR8BC
\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 24,2017
A special message from President @realDonaldTrump about #SuperBowlSunday . ???????? #SBLII pic.twitter.com\/TWgs2QB1kh
\u2014 GOP (@GOP) February 4,2018
Way to go Jerry. This is what the league should do! https:\/\/t.co\/yEP1jK57xi
\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27,2018
The NFL National Anthem Debate is alive and well again – can\u2019t believe it! Isn\u2019t it in contract that players must stand at attention, hand on heart? The $40,000,000 Commissioner must now make a stand. First time kneeling, out for game. Second time kneeling, out for season\/no pay!
\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 20,2018
The NFL players are at it again – taking a knee when they should be standing proudly for the National Anthem. Numerous players, from different teams, wanted to show their \u201coutrage\u201d at something that most of them are unable to define. They make a fortune doing what they love……
\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 10,2018
….. Be happy, be cool! A football game, that fans are paying soooo much money to watch and enjoy, is no place to protest. Most of that money goes to the players anyway. Find another way to protest. Stand proudly for your National Anthem or be Suspended Without Pay!
\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 10,2018
The NFL’s executive vice president of communications and public affairs, Jocelyn Moore, said in the statement:
\u201cThe National Football League believes in dialogue, understanding and unity. We embrace the role and responsibility of everyone involved with this game to promote meaningful, positive change in our communities. The social justice issues that Colin and other professional athletes have raised deserve our attention and action.\u201d
The former 49ers players has not been signed by an NFL team since he opted out of his contract in March 2017 .<\/p>\n

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