. @realDonaldTrump is praising the new NFL policy that bans kneeling during the national anthem.

He also says ‘maybe you shouldn’t be in the country’ if you don’t stand for the anthem.

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The NFL’s new anthem policy prompted one critic to call it ‘white supremacy’ and a bid to silence the voices of black athletes. Player reaction was decidedly mixed.

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— AP NFL (@AP_NFL) May 24, 2018