Today, in a show of solidarity, pretty much all of the players and teams that played either took a knee or locked arms in a show of solidarity to protest the words of Donald trump. I am personally no big fan of the NFL and the powers that make up that league, but leave it to Mr. trump to make me find sympathy for an entity that should not elicit any sympathy at all.
I, like the rest of the normal people in America, sat in amazement and watched that surreal spectacle in Huntsville, Alabama, where Mr. trump threw red meat to his base. They called for the arrest of Hilary Clinton, and booed the mention of Senator John McCain, and when the president of the United States called hundreds of women "bitches", they cheered even louder. It was sick on so many levels for an American president to act this way, but this is where we are now. We elected this guy, we can't get a do- over.
It's not only NFL players who are up in arms about the president. Steph Curry was asked if he will be visiting the White House with his team, the Golden State Warriors, and he gave a very nuanced and diplomatic answer. Sadly, our notoriously thin skinned and petty president was not pleased, so he disinvited the entire Warriors team.
Now it's the NBA's turn to question the sanity and the motivation of the American president. LeBron James actually called him a bum, and Steph Curry's coach wrote an article for Sport's Illustrated bemoaning the sad state of the presidency and the current leadership of our country.
All of this has made trump so mad that he chose to tweet about the Pittsburgh Penguins accepting his invite to the White House.
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Donald J. Trump
Please to inform that the Champion Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL will be joining me at the White House for Ceremony. Great team!
But then, almost all of the players in the NHL are white. That should make it much more fun and comfortable for the president when they visit.
*Pic from abcnews.go.com
