Loudly and proudly
Anyway, Trump is still hard at work making Murika great and shit.
He issued a statement.
WH announces the Eagles Super Bowl won’t be coming to WH tomorrow but their fans will? pic.twitter.com/4aX2DNVfoD
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 4, 2018
The Philadelphia Eagles are unable to come to the White House with their full team to be celebrated tomorrow. They disagree with their President because he insists that they proudly stand for the National Anthem, hand on heart, in honor of the great men and women of our military and the people of our country. The Eagles wanted to send a smaller delegation, but the 1,000 fans planning to attend the event deserve better. These fans are still invited to the White House to be part of a different type of ceremony—one that will honor our great country, pay tribute to the heroes who fight to protect it, and loudly and proudly play the National Anthem. I will be there at 3 p.m. with the United States Marine Band and the United States Army Chorus to celebrate America.
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He talks as if football were literally a branch of the military. It’s not. Yes, both have to do with violence, but that doesn’t make one a branch of the other. Football is a sport, a game, that people pay money to watch in person or stay home to watch for free. It’s a game. It’s not about nationalism or patriotism or paying tribute to members of the military.
Also:
Bone spurs.
Didn’t you know, football is about Trump? Just like the military is about Trump, the media is about Trump, Hollywood is about Trump, China is about Trump….everything, everywhere, at every time, is about Trump.
“They disagree with their president” really grates on me for some reason, like he’s rubbing it in that they’re stuck with him, that he’s theirs, even if they didn’t want him.
Unrelated to football, Trump’s ambassador to Germany recently admitted that he was actively trying to ensure that reactionary forces win German and European elections, essentially announcing that the US has joined Russia in meddling with European politics to undermine the liberal order. There are some sources in German, but here’s a CNN link: https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/06/04/politics/richard-grenell-germany-breitbart-intl/index.html
I too particularly hate “They disagree with their president.” Partly the childishness, partly the bullying of “their” which rubs it in that we’re stuck with him whether we hate him or not, partly the bogus ceremoniality, partly the making a fuss about athletes disagreeing with him, partly the sanctimony…there’s a lot to hate in those five words.