Trump Finally Responds To Nike Signing Huge Deal With Colin Kaepernick
new tonight President Trump is now
weighing in on this controversial new
Nike ad featuring Colin Kaepernick and
it is not in some ways a response that
everyone might expect the president
telling the Daily Caller tonight I think
it's a terrible message and a message
that shouldn't be sent but it is what
this country is all about you have
certain freedoms to do other things that
people think you shouldn't do
I personally am on a different side of
it the president also mentioned the Nike
flagship stores in his building and pays
him a lot of rent the ad triggered
backlash from some customers many
turning to social media to share photos
of Nike products burned in protest the
company's stock was down today about
three percent my next guest is outraged
by this choice by Nike and he knows
something about sacrificing for
something in 2008 his Humvee was hit by
an AED in Afghanistan leaving him
severely burned and blinded in one eye
here now welcome back to the story
tonight Sergeant Robert Bartlett Army
veteran and advisor to United against a
nuclear Iran sergeant good to see you
tonight thank you so much for being here
it was me though of 2005 just so you
know thank you
we stand corrected so you feel very
strongly that this is the wrong message
from that's why I think kind of Mother
Teresa said of best the fruit of love is
service right my families fought for
this country and service of this country
and under this flag since the birth of
this country this is my grandfather's
flag who broke his back in a coal mine
world war ii broke out he walked with a
cane he threw his cane in the front yard
and went signed up for the navy the next
day his son my grandfather said my
grandfather's going to war with a broken
back on him a able body he went you know
we serve and in that service you feel
the love of what you did being part of
something bigger than yourself
getting on your knees was not being part
of something bigger than yourself
service getting into the community
helping out those in need that service
of others
what I mean but colin kaepernick says
that he feels that there is racial
injustice in the country and that as an
American he has the right to protest if
he if he feels that that will make it
send his message and now Nikes on board
they're helping him send that message in
a big way right yeah so they make all
this money off of saturd those who
sacrifice for the freedom for them to do
that under a flag that provides them
with that service of freedom to do that
so they're protesting the very thing
that provides them that opportunity and
then you look at Nike and you say okay
well they have their freedom to put up
whoever they want an advertisement I
have a feeling Nikes not going to make
its number this year all my friends are
burning their stuff
we forgot friends we got rid of all
their Hollywood stuff of those who
didn't support America or not
pro-american its continued got friends
who don't watch the NFL anymore yeah
lots of them their ratings are down ten
percent last year and this this subject
has definitely hurt them and it's very
much back in the forefront with Colin
Kaepernick's trial going forward now as
well
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of all people has
decided to weigh in on the Nike Camp the
Nike ad with Colin Kaepernick here's
what he said the NFL season will start
this week unfortunately once again
Kaepernick is not on an NFL roster even
though he is one of the best
quarterbacks in the league well if he
was you'd have a job no matter what he
was doing right no matter what he was
protesting he'd have a job and that's
not the reality and so Hawk demand if
Ishod if he's you know the great divine
person of American politics and what's
right and what's wrong then the worlds
are really upside-down okay less than a
minute left I wanna get your reaction to
John Brennan who has also been much in
the news he says Colin Kaepernick drew
our collective attention to the problem
of continued racial injustice in America
he did so not to disrespect our flag but
to give meaning to the words of the
preamble of the Constitution in order to
form a more perfect union well done
Colin well done says John Brennan
I'd say that's a continuation of voting
for communism if you don't stand for the
flag you don't care about the flag and
the very things that provide you with
those freedoms and representative that
then
are you standing for you're standing for
a communist flag of some other country
or are you standing with Achmed in Jihad
or who you know you know sent for this
country where you stand for
if so hey let's straight let straight
for people who want to come here alright
you go there we'll come we'll take them
here sergeant
we don't wanna trade you for anybody
we're very glad you're here to know this
guy we thank you so much going for this
country it's worth it you and your
grandfather and a great grandfather we
thank you very much thank you very much
good to see you again
you too always a pleasure to program you
to the National Association of police
organizations is calling for a boycott
of Nike this after the sportswear giant
made former NFL quarterback Colin
Kaepernick the face of its just do a
30th anniversary campaign reaction to
the news was Swift on social media and
the stock market Nike today the
worst-performing a member of the Dow
Jones Industrial Average is shares
falling more than three percent when I
bring in our panel now to discuss the
fallout Lee Carter GOP communication
strategies Robin biro and Ned Ryan are
back with us I got to start with you Lee
you now you don't think this is a bad
thing you think this is not a bad move
on their part the Nikes part from a
business perspective I absolutely don't
think this is a bad move I know that the
stock moved today I know they're down 3%
that's a short-term issue I think longer
turn is going to be smart for them they
knew who their target audiences they
know who they are and this is a
statement about you know appealing to
the athlete in all of us and the
athletes and a lot of athletes agree
with this stance and we're seeing right
the consumer right now eight and ten
Americans is more likely to buy a
product if they think that their values
are aligned with a company that they buy
them from so they're gonna see a lot of
people out there buying more Nike saying
this says I'm Pro free speech that I I
agree with this and I think that all the
the things we're seeing today where
people are burning their Nikes and all
that it's probably gonna be over by
tomorrow you know Robin yeah I I I get
where Millennials probably are more
sympathetic to Colin Kaepernick than the
older consumers out there but but by the
same token particularly when it comes to
Nike and the NFL you know the big time
money that is spent at the owner tickets
and at the at the parties in a parking
lot those kind of things
those aren't Millennials you know I've
been to a lot of ball games and
Millennials don't go to those kind of
games in fact I looked up the top 30
selling jerseys of last year and I
cannot find Colin Kaepernick's Jersey
anywhere on this list so I'm not sure I
know that I know it's a heck of a gambit
but is it worth it you know that's a
that's a tough question but a good one
this is gonna have ramifications for the
NFL it's gonna continue the controversy
this has been a very controversial topic
you know I'm a veteran myself so this is
an issue that's kind of dear to me
Americans though have confer gotten that
this was initially suggested by Nate
Boyer a Special Forces veteran as a way
to show respect because when we as as
soldiers we take a knee when we're
injured and it was symbolic to show that
he was injured by racial injustice but
that's all been conflated lost in the
wash so you know it remains to be seen
the market fluctuation I agree I think
that will be temporary but I think
they're really enjoying all of this free
media Charles they might be and I mean
before I get to you Nate I do want to
share a quote President Trump he spoke
with the Daily Caller and an exclusive
interview and he said that quote I think
it's a thing as far as sending a message
I think it's a terrible message and a
message that shouldn't be sent there's
no reason for it you know one of the
things is I think the leads point
they're trying to reconnect to maybe
younger buyers because I got to tell you
in the last three years adidas is eating
their lunch now Nike is obviously a much
bigger company but from a market share
perspective and from a stock perspective
in three years
adidas stock up two hundred twenty one
percent Nike shares up only 50 percent
look at that chart that tells you almost
everything you need to know was the
gambit worth it to close that gap well I
have to tell you Charles that on this
announcement I my first thought was the
FEC might want to open investigation
into Nike for making a massive in-kind
contribution to Trump's 2020 reelection
campaign because this is going to
highlight yet again a winning issue for
Donald Trump and you look at this from
the political jean-charles about 60% of
into
think it is inappropriate to kneel or
protest the American flag in our
national anthem but you know what
Nikes free to make its own financial
decisions if it wants to have a guy that
wore socks that portrayed officers as
pigs knock yourself out
where they seem to have forgotten in all
of this decision if they really are
targeting a younger generation
Millennials Republicans and
conservatives and patriotic Americans
who want to see the flag in the national
anthem respected we actually buy
athletic shoes and so I think people are
going to vote with their pockets
Pittsburgh Steelers he's a famous vet
and I think the reason is Jersey so
popular is number seven it's because
he's a vet and he did not he does stand
for the national anthem and he bucked
his entire team and I think he created a
whole wave of fandom so again you know
you see this and you know almost
everything is polarizing and politicized
these days do you think that company
should keep going down this path I I
think it it is the it is a trend that
companies need to take a stand it used
to be that lowest trickshot risk option
was to stand on the sidelines and do
nothing and not say anything about the
big issue the day do things that were
easy that were popular I think now
companies have to make decisions that
are tough that we are a politicized
nation people every decision you make
from the cup of coffee that you wear the
brand that you choose is making a
statement about your values and your
politics how great how great the product
is the usefulness of the product the
value of the product was a value
proposition the old-school value
proposition that I've made a product
that's the best in the market and you
should use it I think if that's assumed
right I think that consumers today
assume at the baseline that it's a good
product and then if you take that good
product that's the quality and all those
things are looking for and layer on what
this says about me as a human being if I
go to chick-fil-a I'm making a statement
about Who I am if I mean you're drinking
Starbucks
totally true with Ned here that this is
by the way this is gonna be one of the
biggest boons to the midterm turnout for
the Republicans I think that this is
another reason why people are so upset
with the elite that this seems out of
touch but I think it's a smart business
move for Knight very quick Ned please
Charles do we have to politicize
everything the American people I think
are getting tired of this they wanted
some sort of escapism they want to be
able to go to movies and sporting events
and turn on their TV without having
these social justice warriors cram
everything down their throat it we don't
have to politicize everything let people
enjoy certain things let them enjoy
sports for sports sake TV for TV sake
movies for movies sake alright and I
think this will backfire on them because
they're very puritanical you will be
compelled right well and I think it has
backfired on Hollywood but I will share
with you guys go see the documentary if
you can pick it a litter I don't care
what side of the political aisle you on
it's about seeing-eye dogs what they go
through I love it thank you god bless
you and God bless america
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