Trump: NFL players disrespected US war veterans

US President Donald Trump has intensified his criticism of NFL players who took a knee during renditions of the national anthem.

American football players across the US and in London, including members of the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Baltimore Ravens, knelt in a powerful display of unity during games on Sunday.

Trump called the protesters “disgraceful” and claimed they blatantly disrespected veterans who fought for the flag and country.

“I don’t think you can disrespect our country, our flag, our national anthem,” Trump said at a Rose Garden press conference on Tuesday.

“They were fighting for our country, they were fighting for our flag, they were fighting for our national anthem,” he said, referring to injured soldiers he visited at Walter Reed. “For people to disrespect that by kneeling during the playing of our national anthem I think is disgraceful.”

Meanwhile, Richard Allen Smith, an Afghanistan war veteran,…

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