Trump Is 100 Percent Right About the NFL
Donald Trump took fire from both leftists and intellectual conservatives for his attack on the NFL protests, but he got it one hundred percent right. Here’s why.
First, lay aside any notion that kneeling during the anthem is not disrespecting the flag or that respecting the flag is somehow idolatry. Bret Stephens — whom I admire both for his intelligence and independence — told Chris Matthews on MSNBC that conservatives should support the kneelers: “We don’t worship the flag as a totem like it’s the obelisk that descends on planet Earth in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
