President Donald Trump tweeted late Sunday night, reopening the national anthem debate with the league.
The tweet read: “Could it be even remotely possible that in Roger Goodell’s rather interesting statement of peace and reconciliation, he was intimating that it would now be O.K. for the players to KNEEL, or not to stand, for the National Anthem, thereby disrespecting our Country & our Flag?”
Trump’s question comes days after Goodell’s statement, in which the commissioner said the NFL would “encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest.”
In Goodell’s message, he did not address the national anthem, the American flag, or kneeling.
