Trump Threatens To "Suspend" Protesting NFL Players "Without Pay"

[rsacamano]

[beachbum bob]

1. lol, trump has no control over a private enterprise

all his ego talking as the NFL Players are giving him a "kiss our asses" collective moment

[unblock]

5. sorta yeah and sorta no.

legally, ethically, and constitutionally, yeah, he has no real power against specific private businesses.

but as a practical matter, he can certainly encourage the owners to do certain things. he can do this gently, with public praise or private flattery; or he can do with more clumsily, with promises of legal or regulatory retaliation or rewards/loopholes, etc.


abusing the powers of office in this fashion would arguably constitute a high crime and misdemeanor, but that list is already a mile long....


i have no doubt that donnie has talked to a number of nfl owners on this topic and i have no doubt that he's promised or threatened to use his powers of office.

[duforsure]

2. Owners should boycott him now, then remove the

Issue of playing it altogether , or this will continue , and he'll hurt them intentionally, and demand more. This is how he does. Don't do anything he wants or you'll be sorry. Banning the N.A. will take away his power. Give players a moment instead to protest before every game, and that'll be a winner for them all.

[randr]

3. The choice is obvious

Either support our Constitutional Right to free speech
or cower under the threats of a bully child who hates America.

[2naSalit]

4. +1 ...well stated

[Gothmog]

6. trump does not have this power in the real world

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Trump is desperately trying to stifle an overt form of dissent pre-election

This is about freedom to protest, in public.

NFL players' dissent is powerful

[Srkdqltr]

8. Seriously?

If that happened football would stop. Black players seem to be in the majority. Who would play?

[pecosbob]

9. He's not trying to suppress anyone's free-speech rights...

he's blowing a dog whistle for his racist base, and blowing it repeatedly. He hopes that this will bring the goobers out to the polls in the mid-terms. His handlers are making sure he repeatedly goes back to pat the racists on the head. It's the only card he has left in his hand at this point.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Since when is he "president of football??"

[Haggis for Breakfast]

11. He's having a hard enough time running the country

And failing miserably every day. While he's ranting and raving about this . . .

Puerto Rico has yet to return to any semblance of normalcy,

He's still planning of having this stupid dick-waving parade of his,

His "best people" are getting indicted daily,

Farmers in this country are bracing for a huge hit in the markets due to his tariffs,

Wildfires are out of control out here in the West,

Children are still in cages in detention centers, yet to be re-united with their families, living in POW conditions,

Our up-coming elections are not protected from Russian hacking . . . .

. . . . need I continue ?

[Rhiannon12866]

13. Threatening people comes easily to him

Helping Americans, which any POTUS is elected to do, is beyond his comprehension or abilities. Given your list - which I agree could be much longer - I wonder every day why he's still there.

[smirkymonkey]

12. What the hell is his deal?

He is just going full-on Klan at this point. Shut that fat fuck up!