President Trump, in an exclusive interview with "Fox & Friends," said that NFL owners are “afraid” to act against their players protesting the national anthem at games across the country. “The NFL is in a box and they have to do something about it,” Trump told Fox News' Pete Hegseth, in the interview aired Thursday morning. Trump kicked up a firestorm over the kneeling protests last week, after criticizing NFL players for not standing for the anthem. He’s fired!” Trump said Friday, drawing criticism from multiple NFL players, as well as NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. In the days following, more than 100 NFL players from teams across the country kneeled or locked arms.

Source: Fox News September 28, 2017 11:36 UTC