Trump has a pretty rich explanation for why he's sitting out the fight over Nike's Colin Kaepernick ad

Colin Kaepernick kneels
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Nike's decision to make former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick one of the faces of its 30th anniversary "Just Do It" ad campaign is not sitting well with many people who believe, as President Trump has argued, that Kaepernick's career-deflating decision to protest police violence against black people by kneeling during the national anthem is disrespectful to the anthem and the American flag. Several people posted videos of themselves burning or otherwise defacing their Nike gear, as The Root captures, fairly unsympathetically.

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.