Donald Trump has drawn the battle lines … if the NFL allows players to take a knee during the national anthem in 2020, POTUS says his days watching pro football are over!
President Trump made his threat during a Friday morning tweet that initially took aim at Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Remember, earlier this week Fauci warned America that a second wave of COVID-19 could impact pro sports — and said straight-up, “Football may not happen this year.”
“It would be very hard to see how football is able to be played this fall,” Fauci told CNN. “If there is a second wave, which is certainly a possibility and which would be complicated by the predictable flu season, football may not happen this year.”
Enter Trump … who went to bat for the NFL before issuing an ultimatum in the same breath.
“Tony Fauci has nothing to do with NFL Football,” Trump said … “They are planning a very safe and controlled opening.”
Then the warning to the NFL — “However, if they don’t stand for our National Anthem and our Great American Flag, I won’t be watching!!!”
Looks like Trump might have to bail — because NFL Commish Roger Goodell put out a video earlier this month admitting the league bungled the way it handled NFL kneelers in the past and vowed to be more tolerant of nonviolent protesters in the future.
