Trump cancels Eagles visit over Anthem controversy

[margaretms2]

You’re a talks-least, says-most kind of character. Laconic. Reserved. Like Steve McQueen or Gary Cooper.

[Blackwolf]

Somebody’s gonna hurt someone, before this thread is through.

[CanadianJudo]

so Trump canceled a photo op because some players didn’t wanna go

[Joanne]

@TriggerWarning

@SottoVoce

He simply won’t let this die. The NFL now requires players to “be respectful” during the anthem or stay in the locker room. Seems like he got his way. Now he says a whole NFL roster aren’t welcome at the white house because of the actions of a few who weren’t attending anyway. He’s added kerosene to the fire when he could have claimed victory and moved on to important issues.

He’s going to beat the drums with this topic until he leaves office.

That is because Trump is a petulant bitter child who is still angry with the NFL over the USFL imploding (Trump was an owner) and not accepting his USFL team into the NFL. Then more recently he tried to buy the Buffalo Bills and was spurned by the league and other owners. Trump has a massive grudge and chip on his shoulder over this and he knows the anthem controversies are hurting the NFL’s bottom line which is why he won’t let the issue die. It pretty much was a dead issue last season with only about 4-5 players still kneeling and no one paying attention. Then Trump opens his mouth to stir the pot again which leads to many players kneeling the next week in protest of him. And the NFL is plunged into controversy again which is exactly what Trump wanted.

Didn’t know about him wanting to buy the Bills. I remember Rush Limbaugh being involved in that, I guess it was with Trump as well.

Anyway, your post makes sense as to why Trump will not let this go. It was really infuriating because as you said the controversy had died down and only a few players were still kneeling until he started going on Twitter rants about it.

[Drawz]

"You’d better,

and get your asses to the White House when I tell you to!"

[madasheck]

Real leaders act like leaders. How sad this is.

[WuWei]

Rotflmao!!!

I was thinking of making the same reference. Well played.

[gooddad409]

@Joanne

He’s a man child. This is no surprise, just more petulant behavior from Trump.

I wonder if some of the Eagles had announced they would not attend, and this is the real reason why Trump cancelled it?

Anyway, the Eagles Super Bowl win was very exciting and I wish them luck for the upcoming season.

@Joanne

He’s a man child. This is no surprise, just more petulant behavior from Trump.

I wonder if some of the Eagles had announced they would not attend, and this is the real reason why Trump cancelled it?

Anyway, the Eagles Super Bowl win was very exciting and I wish them luck for the upcoming season.

Only 9 were going to attend.

[biggestal99]

None of the Eagles players protested during the playoffs nor the superbowl.

Allan

[BlueTex]

Well, he is stilling throwing the party so he’s got that going for him…

[PeterGriffin]

What’s in it for the Eagles? Stand there uncomfortably while the President mispronounces their names, doesn’t even mention the Super Bowl and goes off on a Grampy Trump Rant about how the NFL was mean to him because he didn’t have enough money to buy the Bills? That’s a hard pass every time.

The best part though is that Trump supporting owners like Jerry Jones and Bob McNair actually caved to direct pressure from Trump and championed this new anthem policy. So Trump gets his way, and what does he do?

He’s still going to ■■■■ with and attack the NFL and screw with these guys bottom lines. Donald Trump is the thug who gets fire protection money from a business and still burns the business down.

[gooddad409]

Only 9 were coming. Now I would have gone on with the party for the 9 and their families but that’s just me.

Not a biggie either way.

[Camp]

The Eagles won the Superbowl?

Amazing times we live in.

They should show up the President (and the deplorables that voted for him) and protest until their knees are blistered.

[NebraskaFootball]

@Camp

The Eagles won the Superbowl?

Amazing times we live in.

They should show up the President (and the deplorables that voted for him) and protest until their knees are blistered.

None of the Eagles took a knee in protest last season. FYI.

[LucyLou]

@NebraskaFootball what is your opinion of the “statement” issued by trump regarding this event?

[NuffSaid]

That important bit is always lost on some.

Justifying Trump’s actions gets harder and harder to defend.

[Excast]

@NuffSaid

That important bit is always lost on some.

Justifying Trump’s actions gets harder and harder to defend.

Only for those who still have a conscience and a soul. Many Trumpists sold off theirs long ago. Hopefully it was worth it.

[NebraskaFootball]

@LucyLou

@NebraskaFootball what is your opinion of the “statement” issued by trump regarding this event?

I agree with this from the article…

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney blasted Trump’s decision, calling the president a “fragile egomaniac.”

“Disinviting them from the White House only proves that our President is not a true patriot, but a fragile egomaniac obsessed with crowd size and afraid of the embarrassment of throwing a party to which no one wants to attend,” Kenney said in a statement.

And as for the statement itself, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen such a statement put forth by the Executive Branch of our government. Ever. The way he worked in third party references to himself was just, weird.

He is a petulant, narcissistic, juvenile excuse of a human being. And while this single issue is just low-level garbage from Trump (where it would be a horrible stain on any other President) it is just further proof of what a cancer this man is on our nation, and our standards of what is acceptable and normal.

[Godinez]

He’s truly petty and vindictive.

[Godinez]

Why should the president of our country spend do much time fighting the NFL?