Donald Trump On Colin Kaepernick: "Maybe He Should Find A Country That Works Better For Him"
an utterly monumental lack of self-awareness on Donald Trumps partastonishing, I know.
Trump appeared on Dori Monsons show on KIRO radio in Seattle this afternoon, and was asked about 49ers QB Colin Kaepernicks decision not to stand for the National Anthem as a protest against racial oppression, police brutality, and all-around inequality in the United States. His answer:
Well I have followed , and I think its personally not a good thing. I think its a terrible thing. And you know, maybe he should find a country that works better for him, let him try, it wont happen.
Trumps entire campaign is based around the idea that America is stumbling, or broken, or fundamentally subpar in some wayMake America great again and all that. His response to someone else who believes America needs to fix things is to tell him to look for another country. Incredible.
Im reminded that if you dont like it, get out was a common rejoinder to political protests of the Bush eraas if America were perfect, and supporting it means never acknowledging its faults, and if you want to call attention to its shortcomings and work to make it better, you must not truly love it. That refrain seemed to have thankfully disappeared from top-level political discourse. God bless Donald Trump for never failing to disappoint with the takes.
http://deadspin.com/donald-trump-on-colin-kaepernick-maybe-he-should-find-1785910423