Disrespectful To Kneel

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This article about trump makes me wonder if this saying “...its players for disrespectful of our country…” is based off of race or if truly thinks this disrespecting to country. When I hear people talking about Trump I usually think about he is racist. The reason why is because of previous things he said in the past and what I heard from the news.

A question that would encourage future investigation of this topic of process is how/why does trump think it's disrespectful to kneel during the national anthem? This question interesting because there can be further investigation on why he thinks this disrespectful because it just says that he thinks it's respectful but not how or why. Also another reason why I think this is an interesting question

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