President Trump lashed out at Nike for the second time this week, expressing his fury over the brand's 30th anniversary ad campaign featuring the controversial Colin Kaepernick.
Trump wrote in a tweet Wednesday morning: 'Just like the NFL, whose ratings have gone WAY DOWN, Nike is getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts. I wonder if they had any idea that it would be this way?'
He also called out the NFL in the tweet, and added: 'As far as the NFL is concerned, I just find it hard to watch, and always will, until they stand for the FLAG!'
On Tuesday, the president blasted the famed footwear brand for sending a 'terrible message' after Nike made the former NFL star the face of the new Just Do It campaign. Trump had spent months going after kneeling player protests.
President Trump lashed out at Nike for the second time this week over iits controversial 30th anniversary ad campaign which features Colin Kaepernick
Trump (above on September 5, 2018, in Washington) also said: 'As far as the NFL is concerned, I just find it hard to watch, and always will, until they stand for the FLAG!'
'I think it's a terrible message and a message that shouldn't be sent. There's no reason for it,' Trump told the DailyCaller.
Meanwhile, Washington had been poring over new details in Bob Woodward's explosive book about chaos and insults inside the White House.
Trump furthermore invoked his real estate empire, which is held in trust and is technically being run by his two adult sons and an executive under an arrangement Trump reached after winning the presidency.
'Nike is a tenant of mine. They pay a lot of rent,' Trump told the conservative-leaning publication.
Trump allowed, however, that letting companies make decisions 'is what this country is all about.'
Nike has a huge store next to Trump Tower, although it is preparing to move its flagship in 2019.
Nike's Kaepernick ad shows the former NFL star, who has not been signed to a team since he began kneeling during the anthem, with the words: 'Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything'
A billboard of the former NFL quarterback was unveiled on Wednesday in the home town of his former team, the San Francisco 49ers, as it is revealed his campaign generated $43million in media coverage for Nike in just 24 hours
It is the largest Trump Organization tenant occupying a single space, Business Insider reported last year.
Trump said there was 'no reason' for the company to send the message. 'But I think as far as sending a message, I think it's a terrible message and a message that shouldn't be sent. There's no reason for it.'
Trump has repeatedly gone after players who have kneeled during the National Anthem to protest the treatment of minorities in the criminal justice system.
He also backed the NFL owners in a new policy that keeps protests in the locker room.
Trump spent months going after kneeling player protests. Colin Kaepernick #7 and Eric Reid #35 of the San Francisco 49ers kneel in protest during the national anthem on September 12, 2016 in Santa Clara, California
Star athletes including Serena Williams praised the company for putting Kaepernick's message at the forefront of its advertising, while quarterback Tom Brady also weighed in.
But Nike customers who opposed Kaepernick's on-the-field protests were outraged by the move.
They are still angry over the NFL's refusal to suspend players who abstained from standing for the national anthem last season. Their ire spawned the hashtag #NikeBoycott.
The league has introduced a new real for the coming season - players must stand or they can choose not to be on the field for the anthem.
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Main photo article President Trump lashed out at Nike for the second time this week, expressing his fury over the brand’s 30th anniversary ad campaign featuring the controversial Colin Kaepernick.
Trump wrote in a tweet Wednesday morning: ‘Just like the NFL, whose ratings have gone WAY DOWN, Nike is...
It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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