Trump tweets vid of Usain Bolt cutting off an interview so he can stand for "The Star-Spangled Bann

[shockedcanadian]

Even the most well known athlete in the world showed grace and respect for the anthem of the United States.

You can be sure, not one player in the NFL is as dominant or important to their sport as Usain was, and he's not even an American! Usain "gets it". Why can't the NFL players?

Advantage Trump.


Trump pulls Jamaica's Usain Bolt into national anthem debate

President Donald Trump late Tuesday tweeted a 2012 video that shows Jamaica's Usain Bolt cutting off an interview so he can stand in silence for "The Star-Spangled Banner."

“Even Usain Bolt from Jamaica, one of the greatest runners and athletes of all time, showed RESPECT for our National Anthem,” Trump tweeted.

The message was a not-so-subtle dig at the NFL and its players, after nearly a week of debate over the merits of football players "taking a knee" during the anthem.

Trump has pressed the league, tweeting Tuesday that "The NFL has all sorts of rules and regulations. The only way out for them is to set a rule that you can't kneel during our National Anthem!"

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the anthem in the preseason a year ago to make a statement about social inequality and police treatment of blacks in the United States.

Kaepernick currently does not have a job in the NFL. Six players engaged in some form of protest during the anthem at games the week before Trump brought up the matter.

Then Trump's comments -- at a rally in Huntsville, Ala., and on Twitter -- added fuel to the fire. This past weekend, more than 200 players took a knee -- and in some cases entire teams stayed off the field as the anthem was played.

The Bolt footage dates to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Bolt is seen during an interview with Spain's Television Espanola. He quietly stops the interview to stand in respect for the U.S. national anthem, which can be heard playing in the background of the arena.

The New York Daily News reported that Trump may have learned about the video from a Nevada politician who interned for Trump’s campaign. The video also appeared on the conservative site TheGatewayPundit.com, over the weekend.

Bolt has not yet responded to the tweet.

 

[TheOldSchool]

And then the official twitter of team Jamaica told Trump to fick off. #winning!

 

[shockedcanadian]

And then the official twitter of team Jamaica told Trump to fick off. #winning!

The video is factual and a part of historical reference. Bolt shows character and respect for the U.S anthem. While American athletes making millions do not. If it's inconvenient for them now because they want to be "cool" and attack the president, so be it, that's on them. This issue goes beyond politics and the president.

 

[skookerasbil]

Dang ya gotta admit.......this Trump tweeting stuff is getting more and more hysterical by the day. Its like he is this puppet master and all the left is on his strings.........the heads of the left are in perpetual explode mode on almost a daily basis. Most hysterical is after 10 months, they still don't get that every time this president tweets, he wins. The NFL stuff is just the latest example. The left mocks it because they think the msm represents the sentiments of the country........duh........but in the real world, the losing is prolific. Virtually nobody supports the kneeler's in the National Felon League.

 

[TheOldSchool]

And then the official twitter of team Jamaica told Trump to fick off. #winning!

The video is factual and a part of historical reference. Bolt shows character and respect for the U.S anthem. While American athletes making millions do not. If it's inconvenient for them now because they want to be "cool" and attack the president, so be it, that's on them. This issue goes beyond politics and the president.

Team Jamaica to Trump and his braindead sheep: "Please leave The Boss out of your politricks."

 

[JimBowie1958]

Dang ya gotta admit.......this Trump tweeting stuff is getting more and more hysterical by the day. Its like he is this puppet master and all the left is on his strings.........the heads of the left are in perpetual explode mode on almost a daily basis. Most hysterical is after 10 months, they still don't get that every time this president tweets, he wins. The NFL stuff is just the latest example. The left mocks it because they think the msm represents the sentiments of the country........duh........but in the real world, the losing is prolific. Virtually nobody supports the kneeler's in the National Felon League.

I think most people now realize the gas lighting bullshit the MSM has been playing to put it into everyone's mind that the MSM speaks for the people of this nation.

Nothing could be further from the Truth.