Trump advocates Kaepernick comeback

“If he deserves it, he should, if he has the ability to play,” Trump said in an interview excerpt with a Sinclair Media Group journalist published on Wednesday (local time). But Kaepernick has to be able to play well. “If he can’t play well, then I think it would be unfair,” Trump said. Kapernick was the first NFL professional to kneel during the national anthem in 2016 to demonstrate against police violence against black people and racism. The now 32-year-old footballer has been without a contract since 2017. The issue of police violence and racism has been very present since the death of African-American George Floyd at the end of May and has led to numerous demonstrations with hundreds of thousands of participants. NFL boss Roger Goodell recently said he would encourage and support a team that signed Kaepernick. Los Angeles Chargers coach Anthony Lynn expressed general interest in Kaepernick's abilities on Wednesday. However, he had no contact with the athlete. In 2016, Trump publicly attacked Kaepernick and his form of protest and criticized him for disrespecting the US flag. Only recently, Trump renewed his criticism of kneeling athletes and announced that he would no longer closely follow the NFL and the professional soccer league MLS because the two leagues allow their players to kneel during the anthem. “I was very disappointed with the NFL when they released their statement and I was very disappointed with US Soccer. We support US Soccer and now they come and say you can do whatever you want. No. “We have to have respect for our flag and our national anthem,” Trump said in another sequence of the interview.

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Trump advocates Kaepernick comeback

US President Donald Trump has surprisingly spoken out in favor of an NFL comeback for quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

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