<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Friday Night Fights
Trump’s confrontation with the NFL, Germany’s election, Amazon’s future, and more
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Trump’s Sports Saga: Players across the NFL knelt in protest and solidarity Sunday night after President Trump called for the firing of athletes who kneel during the national anthem—such as the former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who began doing so last year to protest the killings of black men by police. The president’s comments, first made in a Friday night speech, escalated on Twitter to a confrontation with other black athletes, and a broader debate about the place of politics in sports. Now, Trump has reframed his argument as a less controversial defense of patriotism—an episode that illustrates both a pattern in how Trump handles crises and the broader power of .
